The Safety of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Colonoscopies in the Very Elderly (≥85 Years of Age)

Letter/Communication

Rintaro Hashimoto, Masato Nakahori and Tomoki Matsuda

The American journal of gastroenterology, Vol.111(9), pp.1366-1367

09/2016

DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2016.276

PMID: 27580790

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Immunochemistry

Age Factors

Aged

Aged, 80 and over

Anemia - diagnosis

Case-Control Studies

Colonoscopy - adverse effects

Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis

Colorectal Neoplasms - surgery

Endoscopic Mucosal Resection

Feces - chemistry

Female

Hemoglobins - analysis

Humans

Intestinal Perforation - epidemiology

Intestinal Perforation - etiology

Male

Postoperative Complications - epidemiology

Postoperative Complications - etiology

Postoperative Hemorrhage - epidemiology

Retrospective Studies

Title: Subtitle: The Safety of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Colonoscopies in the Very Elderly (≥85 Years of Age)
Creators: Rintaro Hashimoto - Sendai Kousei Hospital
Masato Nakahori - Sendai Kousei Hospital
Tomoki Matsuda - Sendai Kousei Hospital
Resource Type: Letter/Communication
Publication Details: The American journal of gastroenterology, Vol.111(9), pp.1366-1367
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2016.276
PMID: 27580790
ISSN: 0002-9270
eISSN: 1572-0241
Language: English
Date published: 09/2016
Academic Unit: Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984696763502771

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