Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy outcomes: Can patient profiles predict mortality and weaning?

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 383-387

  Chong, Vui Heng ^a   Vu, C ^b  

^a RIPAS HOSPITAL   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Enteral feeding; Gastrostomy; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEANING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROSTOMY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEANING;

EID: 33646481498     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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