title: Can I improve my adenoma detection rate?
abstract: Adenoma detection rate (ADR) has emerged as a key quality metric for colonoscopy. Despite limitations, its major strength is based on its proven correlation with interval colorectal cancer. This has prompted extensive efforts to identify factors and interventions that improve ADR. Potentially modifiable factors that may influence ADR can be patient related (eg, bowel preparation), endoscopist related (eg, withdrawal time, quality of mucosal inspection, additional observers), or procedure related (eg, water infusion, additional examination of right colon, change in position, antispasmodics, colonoscopic equipment, and accessories). Providing endoscopists with educational material and/or feedback also seems to improve ADR.
authors: *Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven †VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT.
authors: Louis
authors: L
authors: Chaptini
authors: Loren
authors: L
authors: Laine
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000592:standards*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D006801:Humans