Self-training in unsedated transnasal EGD by endoscopists competent in standard peroral EGD: prospective assessment of the learning curve

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 410-418

  Maffei, Massimo ^a   Dumortier, Jérôme ^a   Dumonceau, Jean Marc ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEDATION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; NASAL CAVITY; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39149097014     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.07.024     Document Type: Article

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