Endoscopic perforation rates at a Canadian university teaching hospital

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 221-226

  Misra, Tarun ^a   Lalor, Eoin ^a   Fedorak, Richard N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Complication; Endoscopy; Gastroscopy; Morbidity; Mortality; Perforation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 2342541860     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/505970     Document Type: Article

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