Evaluation of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in a university hospital

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 2060-2063

  Tan, Walter ^a   Rajnakova, Andrea ^a   Kum, Cheng K ^a   Alponat, Ahmet ^a   Goh, Peter M Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032439153     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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