Withdrawal Times and Associated Factors in Colonoscopy: A Quality Assurance Multicenter Assessment

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages e80-e86

  Overholt, Bergein F ^a   Brooks Belli, Linda ^a   Grace, Michael ^b   Rankin, Kristin ^b   Harrell, Royce ^c   Turyk, Mary ^c   Rosenberg, Fred B ^c   Barish, Robert W ^c   Gilinsky, Norman H ^c  

^a AMSURG   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Lake Shore Gastroenterology   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Multicenter; Quality assurance; Withdrawal times

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CECUM; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE POLYP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME; WITHDRAWAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949956503     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181bf9b02     Document Type: Article

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