Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: High mortality rates in hospitalized patients

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 128-132

  Abuksis, Galia ^a   Mor, Melli ^a   Segal, Negba ^a   Shemesh, Ilana ^a   Plout, Shlomit ^a   Sulkes, Jaqueline ^a   Fraser, Gerald M ^a   Niv, Yaron ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033988975     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00731-5     Document Type: Article

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