Surveillance colonoscopies for colorectal polyps - Too often, too many! An Audit at a Large District General Hospital

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 898-900

  John, B J ^a   Irukulla, S ^a   Pilgrim, G ^a   Swift, I ^a   Abulafi, A M ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL POLYP; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE POLYP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MEDICAL AUDIT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECTAL DISEASES;

EID: 54949115871     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01516.x     Document Type: Article

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