The safety of diagnostic and therapeutic ERCP as a daycase procedure with a selective admission policy

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 905-908

  Duncan, Hamish D ^a   Hodgkinson, Leah ^b   Deakin, Mark ^a   Green, Jonathan R B ^a  

^a CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Daycase; ERCP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STENT; VATER PAPILLOTOMY;

EID: 0030882435     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199709000-00015     Document Type: Article

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