Are we meeting the standards set for endoscopy? Results of a large-scale prospective survey of endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatograph practice.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) services and training in the UK.

Design

Prospective multicentre survey.

Setting

Five regions of England.

Participants

Hospitals with an ERCP unit.

Outcome measures

Adherence to published guidelines, technical success rates, complications and mortality.

Results

Organisation questionnaires were returned by 76 of 81 (94%) units. Personal questionnaires were returned by 190 of 213 (89%) ERCP endoscopists and 74 of 91 (81%) ERCP trainees, of whom 45 (61%) reported participation in <50 ERCPs per annum. In all, 66 of 81 (81%) units collected prospective data on 5264 ERCPs, over a mean period of 195 days. Oximetry was used by all units, blood pressure monitoring by 47 of 66 (71%)

SUBMITTER: Williams EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1954883 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature