A nine-year audit of open-access upper gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures: Results and experience of a single centre

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-88

  Keren, Dean ^a   Rainis, Tova ^a   Stermer, Edy ^a   Lavy, Alexandra ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ASGE indications; Gastroscopy findings; Gastroscopy indications; Open access endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE STUDY; DIARRHEA; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM HEMATOMA; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEARTBURN; HEMATEMESIS; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MELENA; MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD; ODYNOPHAGIA; OPEN ACCESS UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH EROSION; STOMACH PERFORATION; STOMACH POLYP; STOMACH ULCER; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79956197539     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/379014     Document Type: Article

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