REDUCING COLONOSCOPIES IN PATIENTS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT BOWEL DISEASE: THE RECEDE STUDY - PROTOCOL FOR A PROSPECTIVE DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY STUDY

REducing Colonoscopies in patients without significant bowEl DiseasE: the RECEDE Study - protocol for a prospective diagnostic accuracy study

Introduction Demand for colonoscopies and CT colonography (CTC) is exceeding capacity in National Health Service Trusts.In many patients colonoscopies and CTCs show no significant bowel disease (SBD).Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) is being introduced to prioritise patients for colonoscopies but is insufficient to identify non-SBD patients mean

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Distribution notes on the Endangered freshwater crab Ceylonthelphusa armata Ng (1995) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) in Sri Lanka

There are 52 species of freshwater crabs in Sri Lanka and 51 of them are endemic.There Glasses and Goggles are several species that are known only from a single locality.Ceylonthelphusa armata is such a species, and we have initiated a study to record the distribution of this species as its typical locality is heavily polluted at Kadugannawa.At pre

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