Endoscopy Unit Considerations in the Care of Obese Patients

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-274

  Ginsberg, Gregory G ^a   Pickett Blakely, Octavia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric; Bariatric endoscopy; Endoscopy; Endoscopy unit; Gastrointestinal endoscopy

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BATH; COLONOSCOPE; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; OBESITY; OPERATING ROOM; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECOVERY ROOM; REVIEW; SOCIAL STIGMA; STAFF; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; OBESITY; PATIENT TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 79955733553     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2011.02.013     Document Type: Review

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