Analysis of agreement between specialists for the evaluation of radiological findings of necrotizing enterocolitis.

Objective: The analysis of abdominal radiography is essential for the diagnosis and management of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in newborns (NB). Studies, however, show a lack of agreement among physicians in the interpretation of images. This study aims to evaluate the agreement in the radiological interpretation of the NEC between examiners from different specialties (interexaminer analysis) and between the same examiner at different times (intraexaminer analysis).

Agreement between histopathological and intraoperative classifications for pediatric appendicitis and its relationship with the post-operative clinical outcome.

Introduction: Some studies have shown poor agreement between intraoperative and histopathological classifications for appendicitis, despite their routine use in clinical practice.

Objective: To investigate the agreement between histopathological and intraoperative classifications for pediatric appendicitis and evaluate the predictive potential of these classifications for the post-operative outcome.

Methods: A retrospective, longitudinal, observational single-center study, carried out with 485 patients up to15 years of age, with a confirmed diagnosis of acute appendicitis by histopathological evaluation.