A closer look at same-day bidirectional endoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 271-277

  Urquhart, Jennifer ^a   Eisen, Glenn ^a   Faigel, Douglas O ^a   Mattek, Nora ^a   Holub, Jennifer ^a   Lieberman, David A ^a  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIDIRECTIONAL ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; COLONOSCOPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58649087988     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.04.063     Document Type: Article

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