To PEG or not to PEG

Practical Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Plonk Jr , William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AWARENESS; CANCER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STROKE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 23744480259     PISSN: 02774208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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