Incomplete colonoscopy: Maximizing completion rates of gastroenterologists

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 589-592

  Brahmania, Mayur ^a   Park, Jei ^a   Svarta, Sigrid ^a   Tong, Jessica ^a   Kwok, Ricky ^a   Enns, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barium enema; Colonoscopy; CT colonography; Double balloon enteroscopy; Incomplete colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLONOSCOPY; DEFECATION HABIT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION;

EID: 84866747762     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/353457     Document Type: Article

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