Predictors of failed colonoscopy in nonagenarians: A single-center experience

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 388-393

  Schmilovitz Weiss, Hemda ^a,b   Weiss, Avraham ^b   Boaz, Mona ^c,d   Levin, Itzhak ^a   Chervinski, Alexandra ^a   Shemesh, Eliahu ^a  

^a Gastroenterology Unit   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Failed colonoscopy; Functional state; Nonagenarians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CENTER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34147120290     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225666.46050.78     Document Type: Article

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