Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a surgical procedure for placing a tube for feeding without having to perform an open operation on the abdomen (laparotomy). It is used in patients who cannot take in food orally for a prolonged period. A gastrostomy, or surgical opening into the st...
PEG tube Abbreviation for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube. Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012 Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visitthe webmaster's page for free fun content. ...
PEG Tube Feeding Attitudes in an Older Adult Mexican American Population: Implications for Long Term Care End-Of-Life Discussionsdoi:10.1016/j.jamda.2008.12.033M. FinleyD. EspinoR. L. MaciasR. WoodY. YeArthur E. HernándezJ. BechoM. Talamantes...
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Background Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube insertion is a well-established method of long term enteral feeding. Although artificial feeding in the context of neurodegenerative disease presents particular challenges, relatively little is known regarding the safety and utility of PEG tube ...
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement is an established procedure in the nutritional management of patients. There are numerous reports in the literature describing the techniques for placing PEG tubes. However, there are few reports that discuss the proper methods for removing these ...
Methods: All patients who qualified for PEG placement were randomized to receive either a PU (FrekaR) or silicone (BardR) PEG feeding tube. Antibiotic prophylaxis was routinely given. Patients were followed for 28 days after PEG placement. Uniform definitions were applied to diagnose complications....
Dennis M S, Lewis SC, Warlow C (2005) Effect of timing and method of enteral tube feeding for dysphagic stroke patients (FOOD): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Lancet 365(9461):764–772 Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar Abitbol V et al (2002) Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy ...
In principle, the indications are requiring tube feeding for longer than one month, such as cachexia in patients with or steno... C Trummer,A Imdahl,KD Rückauer - 《Fortschritte Der Medizin Originalien》 被引量: 3发表: 2001年 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy:Indications,technique,complications...
A modification of the Fourier–Motskin algorithm for constructing atriangulation and its star coloring BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIM: The correct placement of an enteral feeding tube in the duodenum in critically ill patients is usually controlled radiographicall... VN Shevchenko,DV Gruzdev - 《Journal ...