Three consecutive audits to achieve acceptable colonoscopy completion rates

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 461-463

  Bhatty, Shaheen Ayoob ^a   Shaikh, Niaz Ahmed ^a   Akhter, Syed Shakil ^a   Manzoor, Hamid ^b   Khatian, Adeela ^a   Khan, Beenish ^a   Ali, Saleha Kanwal ^a  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b Sindh Government Qatar Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CECUM; COLONOSCOPY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTUBATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67651163638     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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