Improving the timeliness of procedures in a pediatric endoscopy suite

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Tomer, Gitit ^a   Choi, Steven ^a   Montalvo, Andrea ^a   Sutton, Sheila ^a   Thompson, John ^a   Rivas, Yolanda ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopist; Endoscopy unit; Pediatric endoscopy; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COLONOSCOPY; DEEP SEDATION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ENDOSCOPIST; ENDOSCOPY UNIT; PEDIATRIC ENDOSCOPY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

CHILD; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893263104     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2316     Document Type: Article

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