A study comparing an endoscopy nurse and an endoscopy physician in capsule endoscopy interpretation

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-170

  Dokoutsidou, Helen ^a   Karagiannis, Stefanos ^a,c   Giannakoulopoulou, Eleftheria ^a   Galanis, Petros ^b   Kyriakos, Nikolaos ^a   Liatsos, Christos ^a   Faiss, Siegbert ^c   Mavrogiannis, Christos ^a  

^a Gastrointestinal and Liver Unit   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

Author keywords

capsule endoscopy; endoscopy nurse; interpretation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CELIAC DISEASE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR LYMPHOMATOSIS; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR; ULCER; VIDEORECORDING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 79851486888     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3283433abf     Document Type: Article

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