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Colonoscopy Utilization in Elderly Dementia Patients: Characteristics, Complications, and Charges in a National Matched-Cohort Analysis
2024-01-22
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<h4>Background: </h4> It is projected that the elderly population will continue to increase. Many will develop chronic conditions such as dementia. Aims Our aims are to describe the utilization of colonoscopy among dementia patients and compare outcomes in those with and without dementia. Methods This population-based analysis utilized the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) during 2019. Patients with dementia over...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 391aec49-b0b5-502a-8433-95cd0d4da361
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3874007/v1
