Add-On Cases in the Endoscopy Unit: Factors That Affect Volume

B Segal; E Lam; J Amar; B Bressler; L Halparin; A Ramji; J Telford; S Whittaker; R Enns

doi:10.1155/2009/956809

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2009)

Add-On Cases in the Endoscopy Unit: Factors That Affect Volume

B Segal,
E Lam,
J Amar,
B Bressler,
L Halparin,
A Ramji,
J Telford,
S Whittaker,
R Enns

Affiliations

B Segal: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
E Lam: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J Amar: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
B Bressler: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
L Halparin: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
A Ramji: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J Telford: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
S Whittaker: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
R Enns: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/956809
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 23, no. 7
pp. 485 – 488

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Although most procedures in the endoscopy clinic are elective, emergency add-on cases in hospital-based endoscopy clinics are common, frequently consuming a great deal of time and resources relative to elective endoscopy procedures.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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