The safety of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement in patients with existing ventriculoperitoneal shunts

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 442-444

  Schulman, Alison Saalwachter ^a   Sawyer, Robert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MENINGITIS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; GASTROSTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33645729679     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607105029006442     Document Type: Review

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