Predictors of serious complications associated with lower gastrointestinal endoscopy in a major city-wide health region

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 425-430

  Singh, Harminder ^a   Penfold, Robert B ^b,c   De Coster, Carolyn ^a   Au, Wendy ^a   Bernstein, Charles N ^a   Moffatt, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Endoscopy associated complications; Flexible sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COLON STRICTURE DILATION; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POLYPECTOMY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 77954999785     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/714591     Document Type: Article

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