The role of gastrostomy tube placement in advanced dementia with dysphagia: A critical review

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 1733-1739

  Goldberg, Leanne S ^a   Altman, Kenneth W ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Elderly; Feeding tube; PEG; Swallow

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; DEMENTIA; DYSPHAGIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH TUBE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; GASTROSTOMY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; SURVIVAL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84908296530     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S53153     Document Type: Review

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