Completion rate to caecum as a quality measure of colonoscopy in a district general hospital

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 243-249

  Gorard, D A ^a   McIntyre, Alistair S ^a  

^a WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caecum; Colonoscopy; Completion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CECUM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL DISEASE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

COLONOSCOPY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3242673564     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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