"Test, score and scope": A selection strategy for safe reduction of upper gastrointestinal endoscopies in young dyspeptic patients referred from primary care

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-169

  Valle, Per C ^a   Breckan, Ragnar K ^b   Amin, Anil ^b   Kristiansen, Magnhild Gangsøy ^b   Husebye, Einar ^c   Nordgård, Kåre ^a   Mortensen, Liisa ^b   Kildahl Andersen, Odd A ^a   Wessel Berg, Anna M ^b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Norway)

^b NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Hospital of Buskerud   (Norway)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Helicobacter pylori; Selection strategy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 32644471710     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520500286881     Document Type: Article

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