Failure of cost-benefit analysis in gastrointestinal endoscopy
Background and study aims We discuss the occurrence of two cases, where the endoscopic pursuit of diagnostic certainty resulted in adverse events that exceeded the clinical relevance of the endoscopic diagnosis itself. In both instances, physicians were hesitant to subject their patients to a necess...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Endoscopy International Open |
| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-0990-9583 |