Age and symptoms as a triage method for per-rectal bleeding

Annals of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 77-82

  Lam, David Tzit Yuen ^a   Choy, Catherine Lai Yin ^a   Lam, Samuel Ching Wa ^a   Kwok, Samuel Po Yin ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Age; Colorectal neoplasia; Per rectal bleeding; Symptoms; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGEON; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0036697047     PISSN: 10284001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2034.2002.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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