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Little is known about the interrater reliability of the physical examination in children with suspected CAP.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was a prospective cohort study of children with suspected CAP presenting to a pediatric emergency department from July 2013 to May 2016. Children aged 3 months to 18 years with lower respiratory signs or symptoms who received a chest radiograph were included. We excluded children hospitalized \u226414 days before the study visit and those with a chronic medical condition or aspiration. Two clinicians performed independent examinations and completed identical forms reporting examination findings. Interrater reliability for each finding was reported by using Fleiss\u2019 kappa (\u03ba) for categorical variables and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for continuous variables.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>No examination finding had substantial agreement (\u03ba\/ICC &amp;gt; 0.8). Two findings (retractions, wheezing) had moderate to substantial agreement (\u03ba\/ICC = 0.6\u20130.8). Nine findings (abdominal pain, pleuritic pain, nasal flaring, skin color, overall impression, cool extremities, tachypnea, respiratory rate, and crackles\/rales) had fair to moderate agreement (\u03ba\/ICC = 0.4\u20130.6). Eight findings (capillary refill time, cough, rhonchi, head bobbing, behavior, grunting, general appearance, and decreased breath sounds) had poor to fair reliability (\u03ba\/ICC = 0\u20130.4). Only 3 examination findings had acceptable agreement, with the lower 95% confidence limit &amp;gt;0.4: wheezing, retractions, and respiratory rate.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this study, we found fair to moderate reliability of many findings used to diagnose CAP. Only 3 findings had acceptable levels of reliability. 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