Advanced digestive endoscopy practice and safety

• Other Authors: Cotton, Peter B. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, Massachusetts Blackwell Publications 2008
• Series: Advanced digestive endoscopy
• Subjects: Endoscopy, Digestive System > methods; Digestive System Diseases > diagnosis; Endoscopy, Digestive System > standards
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 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 guidelines on all aspects of the practice of endoscopy, and is an ideal companion for both the trainee and the experienced endoscopist. Key features include: * Written by the leading international names in endoscopy * Text has been expertly edited by Peter Cotton into a succinct and instructive format * Presented in short paragraphs structured with headings, subheadings and bullet points * Richly illustrated throughout with full-color photographs