Comparison of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Veterans Based on the Location of Primary Care Clinic
Objectives: To compare colorectal cancer screening rates in veterans receiving primary care (PC) in Veterans Administration (VA) community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) and VA medical centers (VAMCs). Methods: The VA Outpatient Care Files were used to
Ashish Malhotra +3 more
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Inflammatory Fibroid Polyp Causing Colocolic Intussusception in an Infant
A three-month-old infant presented to the emergency department with a 24 h history of irritability and lesion prolapsing intermittently per anus. The child had a six-week history of blood and mucus per rectum. Digital rectal examination and sigmoidoscopy
Mark Walton, Juan Bass, Blair Carpenter
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Rationale: Sucroferric oxyhydroxide is an iron-based phosphate-binding medication that has been approved for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia in patients with end-stage kidney disease.
Jennifer Horwitz +4 more
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The Promises and Perils of Nurse-Led Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening [PDF]
Paul Moayyedi
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'How compliant do we want to be with the colonoscopy surveillance guidelines?'
Objective: To assess the referral practice for surveillance colonoscopy amongst clinicians and to measure whether practice was inline with the current Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) and the British Society of ...
Basnyat, P.S. +2 more
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Reasons for noncompliance with five-yearly screening flexible sigmoidoscopy
Charlie Henri Viiala, John Kevin OlynykSchool of Medicine and Pharmacology, Fremantle Hospital, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaObjective: To determine factors influencing the low return rate observed in a program of ...
Charlie Henri Viiala, John Kevin Olynyk
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Diagnostic value of distal colonic polyps for prediction of advanced proximal neoplasia in an average-risk population undergoing screening colonoscopy [PDF]
For colorectal cancer screening, the predictive value of distal findings in the ascertainment of proximal lesions is not fully established. The aims of this study were to assess distal findings as predictors of advanced proximal ...
Angós, R. (Ramón) +9 more
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Rectal and colonic mucosal biopsy findings and faeces, sigmoidoscopy, and histopathological correlation in amoebiasis and other colitis. [PDF]
N Madanagopalan +3 more
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Health-related quality of life in patients with colorectal neoplasm and cost-effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening in Hong Kong [PDF]
Key Messages 1. Compared with the Hong Kong general population norm, Chinese patients with colorectal neoplasm (CRN) reported worse physical health-related quality of life (HRQOL) but better mental HRQOL and comparable health preference scores. 2. The
Chan, P +6 more
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