Consensus Statements
Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax
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Table 4—Consensus Definitions*
| Level of Consensus |
Definition |
| Perfect |
All respondents agree on an answer. |
| Very good |
Median and middle 50% (interquartile range) of respondents are found at one integer (eg, median and interquartile range are both at 8) or 80% of respondents are within one integer of the median (eg, median is 8, 80% respondents are from 7 to 9) |
| Good |
50% of respondents are within one integer of the median (eg, median is 8, 50% of respondents are from 7 to 9) or 80% of the respondents are within 2 integers of the median (eg, median is 7, 80% of respondents are from 5 to 9). |
| Some |
50% or respondents are within 2 integers of the median (eg, median is 7, 50% of respondents are from 5 to 9) or 80% of respondents are within 3 integers of the median (eg, median is 6, 80% of respondents are from 3 to 9). |
| None |
All other responses. |
| *Definitions refer to Likert scale (numbers 1 to 9) for responses. See Table 1. |
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