Colonoscopy in patients 80 years of age and older is safe, with high success rate and diagnostic yield

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 408-413

  Arora, Amit ^a   Singh, Pradip ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LAXATIVE; MIDAZOLAM; PETHIDINE; PICOSULFATE SODIUM;

AGED; ANUS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CECUM; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ILEOSCOPY; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEDATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILEUM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 4444357778     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)01715-8     Document Type: Article

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