Patient factors influencing the completion rate in colonoscopy

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-118

  Dafnis, George ^a   Granath, F ^b   Pahlman L ^a   Ekbom, A ^b,c   Blomqvist, P ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Colonoscopy; Evaluation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLON DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TIME; AGE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; STOMACH DISEASE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 20544440651     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2004.09.015     Document Type: Article

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