Clinical practice Guidelines: Quality of colonoscopy in colorectal cancer screening

Endoscopy

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 444-451

  Jover, R ^a   Herraiz M ^a   Alarcon O ^a   Brullet, E ^a   Bujanda, L ^a   Bustamante, M ^a   Campo, R ^a   Carreno R ^a   Castells, A ^a   Cubiella, J ^a   Garcia Iglesias P ^a   Hervas A J ^a   Menchen P ^a   Ono, A ^a   Panades A ^a   Parra Blanco, A ^a   Pellise M ^a   Ponce, M ^a   Quintero, E ^a   Rene J M ^a   Sanchez Del Rio A ^a   Seoane, A ^a   Serradesanferm, A ^a   Soriano Izquierdo, A ^a   Vazquez Sequeiros E ^a   more..

^a AEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; LAXATIVE; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MANNITOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PICOSULFATE SODIUM; PROPOFOL;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARIUM ENEMA; BLEEDING; CANCER SCREENING; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYP; POLYPECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING;

ADENOMA; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DISINFECTION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84858608005     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1306690     Document Type: Article

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