Zijun Zhao1,2,3, James Randall Patrinely1,2,3, Inga Saknite2, Michael Byrne4,5, Eric R Tkaczyk1,2,3,6,5. 1. Dermatology Service and Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA. 2. Department of Dermatology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt Dermatology Translational Research Clinic, Nashville, TN, USA. 3. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. 4. Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. 5. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN, USA. 6. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To develop a guideline that reliably identifies cutaneous adherent and rolling leukocytes from mimicking scenarios via in vivo reflectance confocal videomicroscopy. METHODS: We used a clinical reflectance confocal microscope, the VivaScope 1500, to acquire 1522 videos of the upper dermal microcirculation from 12 healthy subjects and 60 patients after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Blinded to clinical information, two trained raters independently counted the number of adherent and rolling leukocytes in 88 videos. Based on discrepancies in the initial assessments, we developed a guideline to identify both types of leukocyte-endothelial interactions via a modified Delphi method (without anonymity). To test the guideline's ability to improve the inter-rater reliability, the two raters assessed the remaining 1434 videos by using the guideline. RESULTS: We demonstrate a guideline that consists of definitions, a step-by-step flowchart, and corresponding visuals of adherent and rolling leukocytes and mimicking scenarios. The guideline improved the inter-rater reliability of the manual assessment of both interactions. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of adherent leukocyte counts increased from 0.056 (95% confidence interval: 0-0.236, n = 88 videos, N = 10 subjects) to 0.791 (0.770-0.809, n = 1434, N = 67). The ICC of rolling leukocyte counts increased from 0.385 (0.191-0.550, n = 88, N = 10) to 0.626 (0.593-0.657, n = 1434, N = 67). Intra-rater ICC post-guideline was 0.953 (0.886-0.981, n = 20, N = 12) and 0.956 (0.894-0.983, n = 20, N = 12) for adherent and rolling, respectively. CONCLUSION: The guideline aids in the manual identification of adherent and rolling leukocytes via in vivo reflectance confocal videomicroscopy.
OBJECTIVE: To develop a guideline that reliably identifies cutaneous adherent and rolling leukocytes from mimicking scenarios via in vivo reflectance confocal videomicroscopy. METHODS: We used a clinical reflectance confocal microscope, the VivaScope 1500, to acquire 1522 videos of the upper dermal microcirculation from 12 healthy subjects and 60 patients after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Blinded to clinical information, two trained raters independently counted the number of adherent and rolling leukocytes in 88 videos. Based on discrepancies in the initial assessments, we developed a guideline to identify both types of leukocyte-endothelial interactions via a modified Delphi method (without anonymity). To test the guideline's ability to improve the inter-rater reliability, the two raters assessed the remaining 1434 videos by using the guideline. RESULTS: We demonstrate a guideline that consists of definitions, a step-by-step flowchart, and corresponding visuals of adherent and rolling leukocytes and mimicking scenarios. The guideline improved the inter-rater reliability of the manual assessment of both interactions. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of adherent leukocyte counts increased from 0.056 (95% confidence interval: 0-0.236, n = 88 videos, N = 10 subjects) to 0.791 (0.770-0.809, n = 1434, N = 67). The ICC of rolling leukocyte counts increased from 0.385 (0.191-0.550, n = 88, N = 10) to 0.626 (0.593-0.657, n = 1434, N = 67). Intra-rater ICC post-guideline was 0.953 (0.886-0.981, n = 20, N = 12) and 0.956 (0.894-0.983, n = 20, N = 12) for adherent and rolling, respectively. CONCLUSION: The guideline aids in the manual identification of adherent and rolling leukocytes via in vivo reflectance confocal videomicroscopy.
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