Spiral Enteroscopy Is Safe and Effective for an Elderly United States Population of Patients With Numerous Comorbidities

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 572-576

  Judah, Joel R ^a   Draganov, Peter V ^a   Lam, Yvette ^b   Hou, Wei ^a   Buscaglia, Jonathan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsule Endoscopy; Geriatric Enteroscopy; Spirus; Tube Enteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABRASION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; LIGAMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; SPIRAL ENTEROSCOPY; TIME; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953657005     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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