Factors associated with the technical performance of colonoscopy: An EPAGE Study

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 678-689

  Harris, J K ^a   Froehlich, F ^b,c   Wietlisbach, V ^a   Burnand, B ^a   Gonvers, J J ^b   Vader, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b POLICLINIQUE MÉDICALE UNIVERSITAIRE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Colonoscopy; Health services research; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CECUM DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; AGED; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250004542     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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