Nurse led flexible sigmoidoscopy in primary care - The first thousand patients

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 557-562

  Maruthachalam, K ^a   Stoker, E ^a   Nicholson, G ^a   Horgan, Alan F ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Community clinic; Flexible sigmoidoscopy; Nurse endoscopist

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSE TRAINING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMBULATORY CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SIGMOID DISEASES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 33747079247     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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