Appropriateness guidelines and predictive rules to select patients for upper endoscopy: A nationwide multicenter study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1327-1337

  Buri, Luigi ^a   Hassan, Cesare ^b   Bersani, Gianluca ^c   Anti, Marcello ^d   Bianco, Maria Antonietta ^e   Cipolletta, Livio ^e   Di Giulio, Emilio ^f   Di Matteo, Giovanni ^g   Familiari, Luigi ^h   Ficano, Leonardo ⁱ   Loriga, Pietro ^j   Morini, Sergio ^b   Pietropaolo, Vincenzo ^k   Zambelli, Alessandro ^l   Grossi, Enzo ^m   Intraligi, Marco ⁿ   Buscema, Massimo ⁿ   Costa, G ^b   Grassin, M ^b   Niola, P ^b   Del Piano, M ^b   Carmagnola, S ^b   Allegretti, A ^b   Vallarino, E ^b   Leoci, C ^b   Popovic, A ^b   Snider, L ^b   Bellini, O ^b   Manes, G ^b   Lancini, G P ^b   Cestari, R ^b   Centenaro, R ^b   Boni, F ^b   Gebbia, C ^b   Iollo, P ^b   Bertozzo, A ^b   Piazzi, L ^b   Bottona, E ^b   Pantalena, M ^b   Battaglia, L ^b   Marino, S ^b   Ederle, A ^b   Ntakirutimana, E ^b   Marcon, V ^b   Okolicsanyi, L ^b   Monica, F ^b   Cappiello, R ^b   Sablich, R ^b   Simeth, C ^b   Zilli, M ^b   Trande, P ^b   De Martinis, E ^b   Merighi, A ^b   Boarino, V ^b   Cortini, C ^b   Maltoni, S ^b   Rossi, A ^b   Frosini, G ^b   Longobardi, L ^b   Macri, G ^b   Dabiozzi, E ^b   Pincione, F ^b   Widamayer, C ^b   Tatali, M ^b   Ferrini, G ^b   Neri, M ^b   La Terza, F ^b   Spadaccini, A ^b   Silla, M ^b   Pastorelli, A ^b   Spada, C ^b   Petruzziello L Costamagna, G ^b   Gabbrielli, A ^b   Di Matteo, F ^b   Zullo, A ^b   Onorato, M ^b   Stroppa, I ^b   Andrei, F ^b   Grimaldi, E ^b   De Filippo, F R ^b   Di Giorgio, P ^b   Giannatasio, F ^b   Piscopo, R ^b   Ingrosso, M ^b   Spera, G ^b   Fregola, G ^b   Quatraro, F ^b   De Maio, G ^b   Corazza, L ^b   Giglio, A ^b   Rodino, S ^b   Iaquinta, L ^b   Ciliberto, E ^b,b   Cavaliere, C ^b   Fatta, M F ^b   Stiriti, A ^b   Naim, G ^b   Assenza, G ^b   Brancato, F P ^b   Tortora, A ^b   Giacobbe, G ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Nuovo Regina Margherita ^*

^c Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Service   (Italy)

^d BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SUD Hospital Agostino Maresca   (Italy)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^j SS Trinit Hospital   (Italy)

^k Policlinico La Sapienza   (Italy)

^l MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m Bracco Imaging SpA   (Italy)

ⁿ Semeion Research Centre for Sciences of Communication   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 77953233327     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.675     Document Type: Article

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