We carried out a survey on the role played by the Wards of Internal Medicine in the management of the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (G.E.) Services operating in Emilia Romagna. 45 G.E. Services were censored, for a total of 225 endoscopists: 105 out of them (46.7%) were gastroenterologists and 84 (37.3%) were surgeons, whereas just 35 (15.6%) were working in Internal Medicine's Ward and 1 (0.4%) was working in a Division of Geriatrics. A significant difference was observed analyzing the composition of the G.E. staffs on the basis of the size and activity of G.E. Services (p < 0.001). Physicians working in Wards of Internal Medicine represented 9.2% and 24.5% of the endoscopists in the hospitals with or without a Gastroenterology Unit, respectively (p = 0.003). Based on these results, the physicians working in Internal Medicine's Ward seem to play a secondary role in G.E. Services. Their role is greater in small hospitals, but they are often compelled to operate under suboptimal circumstances.
L’internista nei Servizi di Endoscopia Digestiva: indagine sugli Ospedali pubblici dell’Emilia Romagna.
ABBASCIANO, Vincenzo Cataldo
2007
Abstract
We carried out a survey on the role played by the Wards of Internal Medicine in the management of the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (G.E.) Services operating in Emilia Romagna. 45 G.E. Services were censored, for a total of 225 endoscopists: 105 out of them (46.7%) were gastroenterologists and 84 (37.3%) were surgeons, whereas just 35 (15.6%) were working in Internal Medicine's Ward and 1 (0.4%) was working in a Division of Geriatrics. A significant difference was observed analyzing the composition of the G.E. staffs on the basis of the size and activity of G.E. Services (p < 0.001). Physicians working in Wards of Internal Medicine represented 9.2% and 24.5% of the endoscopists in the hospitals with or without a Gastroenterology Unit, respectively (p = 0.003). Based on these results, the physicians working in Internal Medicine's Ward seem to play a secondary role in G.E. Services. Their role is greater in small hospitals, but they are often compelled to operate under suboptimal circumstances.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
