Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy performed by nurses: Scope for the future?

Gut

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1090-1094

  Smale, S ^b   Bjarnason, I ^b   Forgacs, I ^b   Prasad, P ^b   Mukhood, M ^b   Wong, M ^b   Ng, A ^b   Mulcahy, H E ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEDATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038637417     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.52.8.1090     Document Type: Article

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