The role of sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy in the diagnosis and management of lower gastrointestinal disorders: Technique, indications, and contraindications

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1217-1252

  Cappell, Mitchell S ^a,b   Friedel, David ^c  

^a WOODHULL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BISACODYL; BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; CASTOR OIL; CLOPIDOGREL; DIAZEPAM; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FENTANYL; GAVISCON; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; IRON; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM SALT; MANNITOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SORBITOL; TICLOPIDINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANXIETY; CANCER SCREENING; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0036866865     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7125(02)00076-7     Document Type: Review

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