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The Italian consensus to virtual colonoscopy

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Abstract

Objectives

To produce an informed consent for CT colonography (CTC), to be diffused by the Italian Society of Radiology, aimed to make patients and referring physicians aware of CTC examination protocol, advantages and disadvantages, limits and potential related risks.

Materials and methods

Delphi method was used to create a consensus among experts on an informed consent for CTC. The overall agreement among different consulted specialists was evaluated and ranked using the Cronbach’s correlation coefficient (α) at two time points: after the first and the second ‘round’ of consultation.

Results

The Cronbach index was 0.84 at the end of the first round and 0.93 at the end of the second round. The number of disagreements dropped from an overall of 11–5, from the first to the second round.

Conclusions

The experts were able to produce an informed consent for CTC, hoping that this may be the beginning of a process focused on implementation of quality standards in CTC.

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Correspondence to Ennio Biscaldi.

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On behalf of SIRM, Section of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology.

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Duccio Buccicardi1, Lapo Sali2, Francesca Coppola3, Claudio Fioroni4, Silvia Venturini5, Ignazio Salamone6, Massimo Galia7

1Imaging Department, San Paolo Hospital, Savona, Italy

2Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy

3Radiology Unit, Department of Digestive Disease and Internal Medicine, S. Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

4Department of Radiology, Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, Italy

5Radiology Unit, National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy

6Radiology Unit, G. Martino Hospital, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

7Radiology Department, Universitary Hospital 'P. Giaccone', Palermo, Italy

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Biscaldi, E., Di Mizio, R., Bellini, D. et al. The Italian consensus to virtual colonoscopy. Radiol med 120, 899–904 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-015-0531-3

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