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Review
. 2010 Oct;20(4):593-601.
doi: 10.1016/j.giec.2010.07.002.

Risk management and legal issues for colonoscopy

Kayla A Feld  1 , Andrew D Feld
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Review

Risk management and legal issues for colonoscopy

Kayla A Feld et al. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2010 Oct.

Abstract

This article reviews potential risk areas and legal issues in quality and colonoscopy. These include issues about open access colonoscopy, informed consent for colonoscopy, missed colorectal cancer, problems related to anticoagulation or its withdrawal for colonoscopy, procedural problems with sedation, failure to follow up appropriately, and failure to identify and warn of high genetic risk.

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