Bullous pemphigoid and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 971-975

  Nozu, Tsukasa ^a   Mita, Hiroaki ^a  

^a Shari General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly patient; Enteral feeding; Long hospital stay; PEG; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953332458     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3346     Document Type: Article

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