Concordance ofoutpatient esophagogastroduodenoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract with evidence-based guidelines

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1563-1564

  Cai, Jennifer X ^a   Campbell, Emily J ^b   Richter, James M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84941236427     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.3533     Document Type: Letter

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