TY - JOUR
T1 - Nurse practitioners as endoscopists
AU - Lahad, A.
AU - Levy-Lahad, E.
AU - Bryant, James
AU - Record, N. Burgess
AU - Record, Sandra S.
AU - Maule, William F.
PY - 1994/5/26
Y1 - 1994/5/26
N2 - To the Editor: In his article “Screening for Colorectal Cancer by Nurse Endoscopists,” Dr. Maule (Jan. 20 issue)1 concludes that “nurses can carry out screening … sigmoidoscopy as accurately and safely as experienced gastroenterologists,” since “there were no significant differences between the nurses and the physicians in the proportion of examinations that were positive for adenomas or cancer.” However, the most pertinent figures — namely, the number and types of lesions identified by nurses as compared with those identified by physicians — are not presented separately, making it difficult to judge whether such a conclusion is justified. The.
AB - To the Editor: In his article “Screening for Colorectal Cancer by Nurse Endoscopists,” Dr. Maule (Jan. 20 issue)1 concludes that “nurses can carry out screening … sigmoidoscopy as accurately and safely as experienced gastroenterologists,” since “there were no significant differences between the nurses and the physicians in the proportion of examinations that were positive for adenomas or cancer.” However, the most pertinent figures — namely, the number and types of lesions identified by nurses as compared with those identified by physicians — are not presented separately, making it difficult to judge whether such a conclusion is justified. The.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199405263302114
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199405263302114
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C2 - 8164710
AN - SCOPUS:0028355951
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 330
SP - 1534
EP - 1535
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 21
ER -
