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Record Nr.

UNISA996208662703316

Titolo

Advanced digestive endoscopy [[electronic resource] ] : practice and safety / / edited by Peter B. Cotton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., c2008

ISBN

1-282-01321-1

9786612013218

1-4443-0026-1

1-4443-0027-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Collana

Advanced digestive endoscopy

Altri autori (Persone)

CottonPeter B

Disciplina

616.307545

Soggetti

Endoscopy

Digestive organs - Diseases - Diagnosis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overview / Peter B. Cotton -- Design and management of gastrointestinal endoscopy units / Bret T. Petersen and Beverly Ott -- Sedation, analgesia, and monitoring for endoscopy / John J. Vargo -- Endoscopic equipment / Gregory Ginsberg -- Digital documentation in endoscopy / Lars Aabakken -- Principles of electrosurgery, laser and argon plasma coagulation with particular regard to colonoscopy / Guenter Farin and Karl Ernst Grund -- Infection control in endoscopy / Alistair Cowen and Dianne Jones -- Risks, prevention, and management / Peter B. Cotton -- Pathology / David Lewin -- Pediatric gastrointestinal endoscopy / Jonathan S. Evans and Lori Mahajan -- Training and credentialing in gastrointestinal endoscopy / Jonathan Cohen -- Towards excellence and accountability / Peter B. Cotton and Roland Valori.

Sommario/riassunto

Essential new title in the Advanced Digestive Endoscopy series Advanced Digestive Endoscopy: Practice & Safety provides a practical manual on how to perform techniques safely and effectively in order to maximise value, and to reduce risks. Clearly structured, it covers training, endoscopy and imaging equipment, infection control, patient preparation and monitoring, complications and how to avoid and deal



with them. Expanding on the content of Peter Cotton's best-selling Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, this instructive volume contains information and guid