Quality in the technical performance of screening flexible sigmoidoscopy: Recommendations of an international multi-society task group

Gut

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 807-813

  Levin, T R ^a,b   Farraye, F A ^c   Schoen, R E ^d   Hoff, G ^e   Atkin, W ^f   Bond, J H ^g   Winawer, S ^h   Burt, R W ⁱ   Johnson, D A ^j   Kirk, L M ^k   Litin, S C ^l   Rex, D K ^m  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j Eastern Virginia School of Medicine   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^m INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOCARDITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULANTS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 21144443785     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.052282     Document Type: Article

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