Quality assessment of colonoscopic cecal intubation: An analysis of 6 years of continuous practice at a University hospital

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 721-731

  Aslinia, Florence ^a   Uradomo, Lance ^a   Steele, Allison ^a   Greenwald, Bruce D ^a   Raufman, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CECUM INTUBATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; CECUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTUBATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33645455221     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00494.x     Document Type: Review

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