Accuracy of endoscopic diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection according to level of endoscopic experience and the effect of training

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Watanabe, Kazuhiro ^a   Nagata, Naoyoshi ^a   Shimbo, Takuro ^a   Nakashima, Ryo ^a   Furuhata, Etsuko ^a   Sakurai, Toshiyuki ^a   Akazawa, Naoki ^a   Yokoi, Chizu ^a   Kobayakawa, Masao ^a   Akiyama, Junichi ^a   Mizokami, Masashi ^b   Uemura, Naomi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b 1 7 1 Kohnodai   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnostic yield; Endoscopic career level; Endoscopic training; Helicobacter pylori; Inter observer agreement; Intra observer agreement

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STAFF TRAINING; STOMACH ATROPHY; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; UREA BREATH TEST; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BREATH TESTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UREA;

EID: 84881449406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-13-128     Document Type: Article

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