Referral of patients with iron deficiency anaemia under the lower gastrointestinal two-week wait rule

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-297

  Shaw, Aidan G ^a   Simpson, J ^a   Tierney, G ^a   Goddard, A F ^a   Reynolds, J R ^a   Lund, J N ^a  

^a DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Cancer; Coeliac; Iron; Two week wait

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 39649092970     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01364.x     Document Type: Article

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