Effect of physician training on fluoroscopy time during ERCP

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 909-914

  Uradomo, Lance T ^a   Lustberg, Mark E ^b   Darwin, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cholangiopancreatography; Education; Endoscopic retrograde; Fluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 33745831937     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-9007-y     Document Type: Article

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