Is there any association between referral indications for open-access upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and endoscopic findings?

Endoscopy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 502-506

  van Kerkhoven, L A S ^a   van Rijswijk, S J ^a   van Rossum, L G M ^a   Laheij, R J F ^a   Witteman, E M ^b   Tan, A C I T L ^b   Jansen, J B M J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENITIS; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEPTIC ULCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 34250637497     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-966269     Document Type: Article

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