Direct photographic documentation of ileal mucosa in routine colonoscopy is not an independent valid or reliable proof of completion: Quality assurance issues for the national colorectal cancer-screening programme

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-93

  Baraza, W ^a   Brown, S ^b   Shorthouse, A J ^b   Tiffin, N ^c   Hurlstone, David P ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

^c NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromoscopy; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer screening; Completion; Ileum

Indexed keywords

AERATION; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHROMOENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; ILEUM MUCOSA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; DOCUMENTATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ILEUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 57749106340     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01511.x     Document Type: Article

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