Enteral nutrition in patients with dementia and stroke

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-159

  Freeman, Cecilia ^a   Ricevuto, Ashleigh ^a   Delegge, Mark H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Enteral nutrition; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; GASTRECTOMY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PERITONITIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH FISTULA; STROKE; TUBE FEEDING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77149150941     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e3283346fae     Document Type: Review

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