Endoscopy in the elderly: A review of the efficacy and safety of colonoscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 161-166

  Jafri, Syed Mohammed ^a   Monkemuller, Klaus ^b   Lukens, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Elderly; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Endoscopy; Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; Octogenarian

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; COLONOSCOPY; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PANCREATITIS; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHARTICS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION;

EID: 77649333024     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181c64d64     Document Type: Review

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