Reduced polyp detection as endoscopy shift progresses: Experience with screening colonoscopy at a tertiary-care hospital

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-258

  Long, Millie D ^a   Martin, Christopher ^a   Sandler, Robert S ^a   Herfarth, Hans H ^a   Shaheen, Nicholas J ^a   Dellon, Evan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

colonoscopy; colorectal cancer screening; polyps; time

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKING TIME;

ADENOMA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951811912     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181fd2998     Document Type: Article

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