Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tubes are placed in elderly adults in Japan with advanced dementia regardless of expectation of improvement in quality of life

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 503-509

  Nakanishi, M ^a   Hattori, K ^a  

^a 11 Toyo Kaiji Bldg   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dementia; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; Quality of life; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH TUBE; SURVIVAL; COMPLICATION; DECISION MAKING; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903276739     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-014-0011-9     Document Type: Article

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