Colonoscopy in the very elderly is safe and worthwhile [6]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 510-513

  Syn, Wing Kin ^a   Tandon, Urmila ^a   Ahmed, Mohammed Monzur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGED; CANCER SCREENING; CANNULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEDATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS;

EID: 24644517078     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi158     Document Type: Letter

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