The prone 12 o'clock position reduces ileal intubation time during colonoscopy compared to the left lateral 6 o'clock (standard) position

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  De Silva, Arjuna P ^a   Kumarasena, Ravindu S ^b   Perera Keragala, Suramya D ^a   Kalubowila, Udaya ^b   Niriella, Madunil ^b   Dassanayake, Anuradha S ^a   Pathmeswaran, Arunasalam ^a   de Silva, H Janaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b North Colombo Teaching Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; ILEAL INTUBATION TIME; ILEOCECAL VALVE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LATERAL POSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; STANDARD; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ILEUM; INTUBATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; ILEUM; INTUBATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRONE POSITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79961101569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-11-89     Document Type: Article

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