Research Article
The Quality of Colonoscopy Reporting in Usual Practice: Are Endoscopists Reporting Key Data Elements?
Table 1
Number and proportion of mandatory data elements documented among CS reports (
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| | Mandatory data element | Documented, (%) | Total number of reports |
| | Preprocedure elements | | | | Indication | 495 (88.9) | 557 |
| | Procedure elements | | | | Date of procedure | 555 (99.6) | 557 | | Sedation: name | 364 (65.4) | 557 | | Sedation: dose | 318 (57.1) | 557 | | Anatomical segment reached | 549 (98.6) | 557 | | Cecal/TI landmarks | 287 (67.4) | 426 | | Quality of bowel preparation | 192 (34.5) | 557 | | Colonic mass: location | 16 (100) | 16 | | Colonic mass: size | 11 (68.8) | 16 | | Colonic polyp (1st): location | 177 (97.8) | 181 | | Colonic polyp (1st): size | 83 (45.9) | 181 |
| | Postprocedure elements | | | | Summary statement | 425 (76.3) | 557 | | Management plan | 438 (78.6) | 557 |
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CS: colonoscopy; TI: terminal ileum.
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