[Analysis of chest radiographs of patients with thoracic trauma is not influenced by a grid nor by the experience of the reader].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the interest of a grid and the experience of the interpreter to interpretate the chest radiographs (CRs) of patients with thoracic trauma, the reference is the helicoidal computed tomography (HCT).


METHODS
Prospective observational study.


METHODS
CRs and HCT of 50 thorax trauma patients.


METHODS
CRs were analysed without a grid (L) and results were compared with those obtained in an anterior study with a grid (G). The interpreter were residents in anaesthesiology (DESAR; G: n = 6/L: n = 4), residents in radiology (DESR; G: n = 3/L: n = 5), senior anaesthesiologists (MAR; G: n = 5/L: n = 4), and senior radiologists (MR; G: n = 3/L: n = 5). The reference was the HCT. The lectors were compared.


RESULTS
The interpretation of the CRs was neither influenced by the experience and the specialty of the lector nor by the use of a grid. Perhaps the formation is sufficient for the anaesthesiologists to evaluate the essential lesions in the trauma patient and treat them.
Département d'anesthésie-réanimation chirurgicale, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, 1, rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen, France.
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D000776:Anesthesiology; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011446:Prospective Studies; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed