Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in cancer patients: Predictors of 30-day complications, 30-day mortality, and overall mortality

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 768-776

  Richards, David M ^a   Tanikella, Rajasekhar ^a   Arora, Gaurav ^b   Guha, Sushovan ^c   Dekovich, Alexander A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complications; Mortality; PEG; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876687515     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2397-8     Document Type: Article

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