Development of a program to train physician extenders to perform transnasal esophagoscopy and screen for Barrett's esophagus

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 785-792

  Alashkar, Bronia ^a   Faulx, Ashley L ^a,b   Hepner, Ashley ^b   Pulice, Richard ^a   Vemana, Srikrishna ^a   Greer, Katarina B ^a,b   Isenberg, Gerard A ^a,b   Falck Ytter, Yngve ^a   Chak, Amitabh ^b  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost Reduction; CUSUM; Esophageal Cancer Screening; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; COMPETENCE; ESOPHAGOSCOPE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN EXTENDER; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCREENING; SEDATION; TRANSNASAL ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPLICATION; EDUCATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS;

EID: 84899056235     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: 15427714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.10.014     Document Type: Article

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