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Colonoscopy

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Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
Synonymous names:Help on this termFlexible sigmoidoscopy
METEOR identifier:Help on this term697166
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Definition:Help on this term

An examination of the entire large bowel using a camera on a flexible tube, which is passed through the anus (CCA 2017).

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Reference documents:Help on this term

CCA (Cancer Council Australia) 2017. Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection and management of colorectal cancer. Sydney: CCA. Viewed 15 May 2018,                     http://wiki.cancer.org.au/australia/Guidelines:Colorectal_cancer.

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Clinical care standard indicators: colonoscopy
Clinical care standard indicators: colonoscopy
Colonoscopy clinical care standard indicators: 1-Proportion of patients scheduled for a colonoscopy whose bowel preparation was adequate
Colonoscopy clinical care standard indicators: 1-Proportion of patients scheduled for a colonoscopy whose bowel preparation was adequate
Colonoscopy clinical care standard indicators: 2-Proportion of patients undergoing a colonoscopy who have their entire colon examined
Colonoscopy clinical care standard indicators: 2-Proportion of patients undergoing a colonoscopy who have their entire colon examined
Colonoscopy clinical care standard indicators: 3-Proportion of patients who had a colonoscopy that detected one or more adenoma(s)
Colonoscopy clinical care standard indicators: 3-Proportion of patients who had a colonoscopy that detected one or more adenoma(s)
Colonoscopy clinical care standard indicators: 4-Proportion of patients who had a colonoscopy that detected one or more sessile serrated adenoma(s) or sessile serrated polyp(s)
Colonoscopy clinical care standard indicators: 4-Proportion of patients who had a colonoscopy that detected one or more sessile serrated adenoma(s) or sessile serrated polyp(s)