Indications for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion: Ethical aspects

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 253-256

  Niv, Yaron ^a,b   Abuksis, Galia ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethical aspects; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CACHEXIA; CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; GROWTH DISORDER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENILE DEMENTIA; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ENTERAL NUTRITION; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036965374     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067676     Document Type: Review

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