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Risks From Colonoscopy in Elderly Increase With Age, Comorbidities
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Title Risks From Colonoscopy in Elderly Increase With Age, Comorbidities
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/705781?src=rss
Description Although adverse events after outpatient colonoscopy in the elderly are generally rare, the risk rises with age, comorbidities, and performance of polypectomy, according to an NIH report. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Gastroenterology
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Date Jul 15, 2009
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