Colonoscopy completion rates - Are we prepared for a national screening programme?

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Sarwar, S ^a,b,c   Anwar, M M ^a,b   Ryan, B ^a,b   O'Morain, C ^a,b  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b National Childrens Hospital   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; COLON DISEASE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM DISEASE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL DISEASES;

EID: 38049130198     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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