Percutaneous radiological gastrostomy: A safe and effective method of nutritional tube placement in advanced ALS

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 645-647

  Chio A ^a   Galletti, R ^b   Finocchiaro, C ^b   Righi, D ^a   Ruffino, M A ^a   Calvo, A ^a   Di Vito, N ^a   Ghiglione, P ^a   Terreni, A A ^a   Mutani, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Division of Clinical Nutrition   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PNEUMORADIOGRAPHY; PUNCTURES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 12144290689     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.020347     Document Type: Article

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