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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-3-26
pubmed:abstractText
The ILO classification of small and large opacities is the basis for the compensation of patients with pneumoconiosis. In order to validate the radiological findings, we compared the ILO classification with the gradings of pneumoconiosis in the post mortem investigation (n = 126). An ILO classification of 1/0 used as the threshold value for accepting the diagnosis of a pneumoconiosis was 100% sensitive with a specificity of 2%. With a value of 2/3 the sensitivity decreased to 60% and specificity increased to 74%. The grading of large opacities in the radiograph correlated well with the post mortem findings (rs = 0.71; p < 0.001). For accepting the diagnosis pneumoconiosis from the radiograph alone a threshold value of 1/0 is not specific. The ROC-plot revealed that specificity reached acceptable levels with an ILO classification of at least 2/3.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0934-8387
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1093-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-4-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[Correlation of radiologic and pathologic-anatomical findings in dust-induced pneumoconiosis in former coal miners].
pubmed:affiliation
Abteilung für Pneumologie, Allergologie und Schlafmedizin, Universitätsklinik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract