Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; Evidence of different prognosis in various patient subgroups

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-357

  Rimon, Ephraim ^a,c   Kagansky, Nadya ^a,b   Levy, Shmuel ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Harzfeld Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPHAGIA; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WARD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 23744499967     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi085     Document Type: Article

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