Validation of Australian and Victorian guidelines for colonoscopy triage.
Jon David EmeryMary KyriakidesIan FaragherHamish EwingAlan MossPublished in: Internal medicine journal (2021)
The Victorian guidelines could reduce the proportion of Category 1 colonoscopies by 10% without reducing conversion or detection rates. This would require improvements in the quality of referrals and ordering faecal occult blood tests in 6% of symptomatic patients.