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Bacteremia with Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1975
Fifty patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal fiberoptic endoscopy were studied prospectively for the development of bacteremia by aerobic and anerobic blood cultures obtained before, during, and at 5 and 30 minutes after the procedure. Forty-six patients were culture negative; four had positive cultures at 5 or 30 minutes after the procedure, or at
H J, Shull   +4 more
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Endoscopy of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

New England Journal of Medicine, 1999
The rapid development of high-technology procedures has come at a time when the ability of the U.S. health care system to provide expensive services to all patients is increasingly constrained. The inverse relation between expanding medical achievement and contracting resources for health care delivery has stimulated an evaluation of the appropriate ...
J, Van Dam, W R, Brugge
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Underutilization of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Gastroenterology, 1997
Efforts to reduce costs in health care may raise concerns about underuse of medical procedures. This study prospectively assessed underuse of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in a cohort of patients in whom we have recently published data on overuse of endoscopy.Underuse was identified by formal necessity criteria for endoscopy, obtained by an explicit
Froehlich F   +9 more
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Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 1990
Upper GI endoscopy is a frequently performed endoscopic procedure that is particularly suited for the diagnosis of upper GI diseases with a luminal or mucosal location. Contraindications are few and complications are rare. Procedures that can be performed during upper GI endoscopy include mucosal biopsy, brush cytology, aspiration of duodenal fluid for
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Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1989
Excerpt To the editor:I find it curious that the article by Kahn and colleagues (1) on the use and misuse of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was published at this time.
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Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Basic Upper Endoscopy

DeckerMed Surgery, 2018
Since the beginning of the 1970s, flexible endoscopy of the gastrointestinal tract has been the dominant modality for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal disease. Over the same period, developments in technology and methodology have made possible the use of endos-copy to treat a host of conditions that once were considered to be manageable only by means ...
Boxiang Jiang   +2 more
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UPPER-GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY IN PERSPECTIVE

The Lancet, 1975
Three and a half years' experience of an upper-gastrointestinal endoscopy service in a district general hospital is reviewed. It is concluded that the necessity for this investigation is considerably reduced when a positive contribution towards patient management is the main criterion for its use, when there is effective interdisciplinary cooperation ...
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Complications of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America, 1996
Complications of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy are uncommon. Approximately one complication occurs with every 1000 procedures. The mortality rate is estimated to be between 0.5 and 3 per 10,000 cases. Cardiopulmonary events comprise 50% of all major complications, and most of these events result from the medications used for conscious sedation ...
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