Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy does not prolong survival in patients with dementia

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1351-1353

  Murphy, Lynne M ^b   Lipman, Timothy O ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION; FEEDING APPARATUS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; NURSE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

DEMENTIA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038010806     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.11.1351     Document Type: Article

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