Who follows up patients after PEG tube insertion?

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 88-90

  Lowry, Sharon ^a   Johnston, Simon D ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVICE INFECTION; DIETETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL TIME; SWALLOWING; TRAINING; TUBE FEEDING;

AGED; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34147145448     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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