OBJECTIVE: To assess the learning curve for the fetal lung area to head circumference ratio (LHR) calculation in fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). METHODS: Three trainees with the theoretical knowledge, but without prior experience in the LHR measurement, were selected. Each trainee and one experienced examiner measured the observed to expected (O/E)-LHR in the lung contralateral to the side of the hernia by two methods-manual tracing of lung borders and multiplication of the longest diameters-in a cohort of 95 consecutive CDH fetuses. The average difference between the three trainees and the expert in the O/E-LHR measurement was calculated. A difference below 10% was considered to indicate an accurate measurement. The average learning curve was delineated using cumulative sum analysis (CUSUM). RESULTS: The CUSUM plots demonstrate that the learning curve was achieved by 77 and 72 tests performed for the area obtained by the manual-tracing and multiplication-of-the-longest-diameter methods, respectively. CONCLUSION: The minimum number of scans required for an inexperienced trainee to become competent in examining the LHR is on average 70. Copyright 2010 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the learning curve for the fetal lung area to head circumference ratio (LHR) calculation in fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). METHODS: Three trainees with the theoretical knowledge, but without prior experience in the LHR measurement, were selected. Each trainee and one experienced examiner measured the observed to expected (O/E)-LHR in the lung contralateral to the side of the hernia by two methods-manual tracing of lung borders and multiplication of the longest diameters-in a cohort of 95 consecutive CDH fetuses. The average difference between the three trainees and the expert in the O/E-LHR measurement was calculated. A difference below 10% was considered to indicate an accurate measurement. The average learning curve was delineated using cumulative sum analysis (CUSUM). RESULTS: The CUSUM plots demonstrate that the learning curve was achieved by 77 and 72 tests performed for the area obtained by the manual-tracing and multiplication-of-the-longest-diameter methods, respectively. CONCLUSION: The minimum number of scans required for an inexperienced trainee to become competent in examining the LHR is on average 70. Copyright 2010 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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