Kimyagarov S, Turgeman D, Fleissig Y, Klid R, Kopel B, Adunsky A: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube feeding of nursing home residents is not associated with improved body composition parameters. J Nutr Health Aging 2013, 17:162–165. : 10.1007/s12603-012-0075-3....
Title: Which procedure is the best for drainage to ease nausea and vomiting due to pylorus obstruction with advanced gastric cancer: The comparison among Naso-Gastric(NG) tube, Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy(PEG), and Percutaneous Transesophageal Gastrotubing(PTEG) ...
Strict inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied to ensure the integrity of the cases. Inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) age 18 years or above at the time of diagnosis, (2) confirmed diagnosis of AGB through imaging studies and physical examination, (3) absence of significant comorbid...
Which response by a client with a nursing diagnosis of Spiritual distress, indicates to the nurse that a desired outcome measure has been met? A) Expresses concern about the meaning and importance of life B) Remains angry at God for the continuation of the...
As the results showed, between the pre-intervention and post-intervention periods, there were no significant differences in the distribution of patient age, gender, ATS, attendance day and time, while there was some difference in patients’ ED primary diagnosis for attending acute hospitals. This ...
The course of health-related quality of life in the first 2 years after a diagnosis of head and neck cancer: the role of personal, clinical, psychological, physical, social, lifestyle, disease-related, and biological factors Article Open access 11 July 2023 Health-related quality of life ...
diagnosis. Parapharyngeal space lipomas may distort and compress the neurovascular structures of the carotid sheath and bulge into the tonsillar fossae. They have a predisposition for the supraglottis (aryepiglottic folds, false cords), a site that contains more adipose tissue than the glottis. ...
might be successful. This scoping review clarifies that there is a need for well-designed studies that uncover which specific interventions have an effect in relation to nursing home residents with dysphagia and can serve as a guide for designing multi-component person-centered intervention studies. ...
The WHO system of disease classification is based on diagnosis of diseases rather than on cell types and requires complete patient data plus immunophenotyping: ○ Stage 1: involvement limited to a single node or lymphoid tissue in a single organ ○ Stage 2: involvement of many lymph nodes in ...
PEG placement takes approximately 30 minutes and is completed with conscious sedation. It may be performed on an out-patient basis, but generally is performed in the acute care setting (Kuo et al., 2009).Winde R. Chambers