Does feeding tube insertion and its timing improve survival?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1918-1921

  Teno, Joan M ^a   Gozalo, Pedro L ^a   Mitchell, Susan L ^b   Kuo, Sylvia ^a   Rhodes, Ramona L ^c   Bynum, Julie P W ^d   Mor, Vincent ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hebrew Seniorlife's Res Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; eating problems; feeding tubes; survival; timing of insertion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867540483     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04148.x     Document Type: Article

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