Endoscopies

Increases in non-surgical services, such as endoscopies - a procedure that views internal body cavities - are also underway. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The doctors 'study results increase concerns regarding infection control practices and use of shared medication vials for anesthesia administration to multiple patients, especially in outpatient settings where infection control oversight is limited and procedures such as endoscopies are increasingly performed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We advocated for the authority to inspect private facilities where invasive cosmetic and other procedures, such as endoscopies, are being performed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A separate study demonstrated that use of capsule endoscopy reduced the need for follow-up procedures, such as endoscopies as well as other procedures, thereby improving patient outcomes and reducing costs to the healthcare system. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Results of the second study, a one-year follow-up study (#P1097), led by Dr. Robert Bulat, with Dr. Scott Pollack (first author) and Dr. Geoffrey Kitzman, Department of Gastroenterology, Tulane University, demonstrated that use of capsule endoscopy reduced the need for follow-up procedures such as endoscopies as well as other procedures. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Future appointment scheduling, as needed for Allergy Skin testing and patch testing, upper GI, additional endoscopies ❋ Unknown (2010)

Many doctors are reluctant to perform endoscopies on children because the procedure puts patients at risk of punctured organs, deadly infections, and all the potential complications that accompany anesthesia. ❋ Seth Mnookin (2011)

"I had barium enema, colonoscopies, endoscopies, food-allergy tests, but was told l was healthy and normal." ❋ Melinda Beck (2011)

Marshall and Warren inoculated pigs with the bacteria and performed serial endoscopies. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

But the pigs—seventy pounds of porcine weight that did not take kindly to weekly endoscopies—did not sprout any ulcers. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

"She wasn't quite feeling the [deepthroat] [action] so I had to [give her] a meat endoscopy." ❋ Dustinzmann (2010)