Expectations and Outcomes of Gastric Feeding Tubes

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Carey, Timothy S ^a   Hanson, Laura ^a   Garrett, Joanne M ^a   Lewis, Carmen ^a   Phifer, Nancy ^b   Cox, Christopher E ^c   Jackman, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Gastric feeding tube

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DECISION MAKING; DECUBITUS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL CARE; TUBE FEEDING; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DECISION MAKING; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646908244     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.11.021     Document Type: Article

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