A novel pathway for investigation of colorectal symptoms with colonoscopy or computed tomography colonography

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 1382, 2013, Pages 45-57

  Sanders, Andrew D ^a   Stevenson, Clark ^b   Pearson, John ^b   Burt, Michael ^a   McGeoch, Graham ^c   Hudson, Ben ^b   Eglinton, Tim W ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Canterbury District Health Board   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; ODDS RATIO; RECTUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884582352     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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