Afternoon colonoscopies have higher failure rates than morning colonoscopies

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2726-2730

  Sanaka, Madhusudhan R ^a   Shah, Nirav ^a   Mullen, Kevin D ^a   Ferguson, D R ^a   Thomas, Charles ^a   McCullough, Arthur J ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONOSCOPY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33845453223     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00887.x     Document Type: Review

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