Trends in Wait Time for Outpatient Colonoscopy in the Veterans Health Administration, 2008–2015
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2020 at "Journal of General Internal Medicine"
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-05776-4
Abstract: Background The Veterans Health Administration (VA) recently has been scrutinized for prolonged wait times for routine medical care, including elective outpatient procedures such as colonoscopy. Wait times for colonoscopy following positive fecal occult blood test… read more here.
Keywords: wait times; time; positive fobt; wait time ... See more keywords
Do You Bleed? A 1-Year FOBT Case-Series Study
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2024 at "Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology"
DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0000000000002016
Abstract: Goals: The goal of this study is to investigate fecal occult blood test’s (FOBT) usage in cases of suspected gastrointestinal bleeding and how it may affect hospitalization length and inpatient endoscopy procedures. Background: FOBT is… read more here.
Keywords: bleed year; investigation; positive fobt; fobt ... See more keywords
PTU-051 Should FOBT positive patients with previous low risk in screening program colonoscopy have further colonoscopy?
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2018 at "Gut"
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-bsgabstracts.392
Abstract: Introduction and aim Current British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines suggest patients who are deemed low risk after adenoma removal at colonoscopy (LNRC) should have no surveillance or colonoscopy interval of 5 years.1 However patients in… read more here.
Keywords: risk; surveillance; colonoscopy; positive fobt ... See more keywords