Minimal preparation computed tomography instead of barium enema/colonoscopy for suspected colon cancer in frail elderly patients: An outcome analysis study

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-52

  Kealey, S M ^a   Dodd, J D ^a   MacEneaney, P M ^a   Gibney, R G ^a   Malone, D E ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Colonic neoplasms radiography; Colonography; Computed tomography methods; Evidence based practice; Follow up studies; Frail elderly; Technology assessment biomedical

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIATRIZOATE; WATER;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0346098002     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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