The national colonoscopy audit: A nationwide assessment of the quality and safety of colonoscopy in the UK

Gut

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 242-249

  Gavin, Daniel R ^a,b   Valori, Roland M ^c   Anderson, John T ^c   Donnelly, Mark T ^d   Williams, J Graham ^e   Swarbrick, Edwin T ^e  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CECAL INTUBATION RATE; COLON HEMORRHAGE; COLON PERFORATION; COLON POLYP; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT COMFORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872073622     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-301848     Document Type: Article

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