Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy reduces total hospital costs in head-injured patients

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 311-314

  Harbrecht, Brian G ^a,b   Moraca, Robert J ^a,b   Saul, Melissa ^a,b   Courcoulas, Anita P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031730823     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(98)00206-2     Document Type: Article

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