Recording ERCP fluoroscopy metrics using a multinational quality network: Establishing benchmarks and examining time-related improvements

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1224-1230

  Romagnuolo, Joseph ^a   Cotton, Peter B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPHINCTEROTOMY;

BENCHMARKING; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881164700     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.388     Document Type: Article

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