Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: Evaluation of insertion by an endoscopy nurse practitioner

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 631-634

  Sturgess, Richard P ^a   O'Toole, Paul A ^b   McPhillips, Jenny ^a   Brown, James ^b   Lombard, Martin G ^c  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Enteral feeding; Nurse practitioner; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MORTALITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEDATION; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EVALUATION STUDIES; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030010855     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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