Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding: Author's reply
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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 Malnutrition is a common management problem in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Various approaches to supplemental nutrition by both parenteral and enteral routes have been used. AIM To analyse the efficacy and acceptability of supplemental overnight feeding using a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in patients with CF. PATIENTS 53 patients with CF (43 adults; age >17 ...
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Tube feeding is commonly used in providing enteral nutrition to the patient with dysphagia. The percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is an alternative to the nasogastric tube (NG) and the surgical gastrostomy. The advantages of PEG are short procedure time, the avoidance of using an operating theatre and general anaesthesia and reduced cost. The main indication for PEG is dysphagia due to ...
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Introduction: Gastrostomy is a medical procedure used to access the gastric cavity for the purpose of feeding patients unable to be fed by mouth for long periods, as a result of various diseases, including head and neck tumors and neurological disorders. Over the years various gastrostomy techniques have been developed to facilitate access to the stomach. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, us...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.305.6845.117