Complications following colonoscopy with anesthesia assistance: A population-based analysis

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 551-556

  Cooper, Gregory S ^a,b   Kou, Tzuyung D ^b   Rex, Douglas K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CANCER REGISTRY; COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP SEDATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

AGED; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; DEEP SEDATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEER PROGRAM; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 84876039599     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2908     Document Type: Article

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