Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: An effective strategy for gastrostomy feeding in patients with dementia

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-241

  Sanders, David S ^b   Anderson, Alan J ^b   Bardhan, K D ^a  

^a ROTHERHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dementia; Gastrostomy; Guidelines; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NUTRITION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042806783     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.4-3-235     Document Type: Review

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