A prospective analysis of 13,580 colonoscopies: Reevaluation of credentialing guidelines

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-261

  Wexner, S D ^a   Garbus, J E ^a   Singh, J J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Credentialing; Efficacy; Guidelines; Safety; Surgeons

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SAFETY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOSCOPY; CREDENTIALING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035071507     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004640080147     Document Type: Article

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