Colonoscopy in octogenarians and older patients

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 262-265

  Lagares Garcia, J A ^a   Kurek, S ^a   Collier, B ^a   Diaz, F ^b   Schilli, R ^b   Richey, J ^b   Moore, R A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Elderly; Octogenarian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENTERITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035072805     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004640000339     Document Type: Article

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