Abdominal ultrasound after colonoscopy with insufflation of carbon dioxide versus air

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1055-1059

  Erchinger, Friedemann ^a   Dimcevski, Georg ^a   Gilja, Odd Helge ^a,b   Hausken, Trygve ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Air; Carbon dioxide; Colonoscopy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AERATION; AGED; AIR; AORTA; ARTICLE; CELIAC ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PANCREAS; PATIENT CARE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENIC VEIN; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; UTERUS;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLONOSCOPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSUFFLATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 70350627677     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520903121693     Document Type: Article

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