Does lower gastrointestinal endoscopy during pregnancy pose a risk for mother and child? - a systematic review

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  De Lima, Alison ^a   Galjart, Boris ^a   Wisse, Pieter H A ^a   Bramer, Wichor M ^a   van der Woude, C Janneke ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Endoscopy; Pregnancy; Sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; FETUS DEATH; FETUS OUTCOME; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SIGMOIDOSCOPE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 84924043716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12876-015-0244-z     Document Type: Article

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