Audit on flexible sigmoidoscopy for rectal bleeding in a district general hospital: Are we over-loading the resources?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 939, 2004, Pages 38-40

  Mathew, J ^a,b   Shankar, P ^b   Aldean, I M ^b  

^a 8 Fern House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b TRAFFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM POLYP; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL DISEASES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

EID: 1242269778     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.2003.008284     Document Type: Article

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