Nurse endoscopy in a distinct general hospital

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 181-184

  Goodfellow, Pete B ^a   Fretwell, I A ^a   Simms, J M ^a  

^a CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barium enema; Flexible sigmoidoscopy; Nurse endoscopy; One stop clinic

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ENEMA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE POLYP; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING; AMBULATORY CARE; COLON DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON POLYP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BARIUM SULFATE; COLONIC POLYPS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID DISEASES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0038398938     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403321661343     Document Type: Article

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