Advantages, Disadvantages and Problems with Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding.
Cite this as: BMJ 2010;340:c2414 doi: 10.1136/bmj.c2414 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding, introduced into clinical practice in 1980, is now established as an effective way of providing enteral feeding to patients who have functionally normal gastrointestinal tracts but who cannot meet their nutritional needs because of inadequate oral intake. It is the preferred method of feedi...
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BACKGROUND Since enteral nutrition therapy is the preferred nutritional support for dysphagic patients with a range of diagnoses, PEG has become part of traditional care. However, enteral nutrition with PEG transfers treatment responsibility and activity to the patients and their carers, so the advantages should be discussed. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate patients' experien...
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Background and Objective: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is the technique of choice for providing enteral access to patients who require long-term enteral nutrition. This study was performed to evaluate the outcomes and complications of PEG. Materials and Methods: In this semi-experimental study, 77 patients (45 men, 32 women; age mean: 58.9±19.7 years, Min: 14 years, Max: 89 Years)...
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Background and Aim: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) provides for enteral nutrition in children with feeding problems. PEG, however, is not without complications. The present study has the aim to identify the incidence of major and minor complications after PEG placement. Methods: All patients receiving a PEG in the period 2008-2011 were reviewed. In a 4 years period we positioned 41 P...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF RURAL MEDICINE
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0468-2513,1349-7421
DOI: 10.2185/jjrm.58.679