Appropriateness of colonoscopy using the ASGE guidelines: Experience in a large Asian hospital

Chinese Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-32

  Chan, T H ^a   Goh, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Appropriateness of colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Positive findings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLITIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM POLYP; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 33644881938     PISSN: 14439611     EISSN: 14439573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-9573.2006.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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