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Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2026.In a breast cancer patient with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure, paraneoplastic ALS was diagnosed despite negative onconeural antibodies. Red flags included diaphragmatic paralysis, ESR of 120 mm/h, and CSF protein of 246 mg/dL. Clinicians should consider this diagnosis even when antibody panels are negative.
Maryam Albaji +2 more
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B-ENT, 2018 Metastases to the abdominal wall after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in patients with head and neck cancer: four case reports. A percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is often inserted to prevent excessive weight loss in patients with head and ...
A. Requilé +4 more
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How replace the gastrostomy tube in children with extremely compromised general conditions
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2019 The percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is the best technique to use in case of children requiring long-time enteral nutrition. The first replacement of the tube is easy in most of the patient, but this step can be extremely problematic in patients with ...
Carmine Noviello +4 more
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Surgical Endoscopy, 2018 BackgroundGastrostomy tube insertion is beneficial to selected patients, and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) and percutaneous radiological gastrostomy (PRG) are two of the frequently used methods in gastrostomy.
Soo-Kyung Park +6 more
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The role of hospitalists in bedside ethics education for medical trainees
Journal of Hospital Medicine, Volume 21, Issue 9, Page 1051-1054, September 2026.Abstract Hospitalists are well‐positioned to teach ethics to trainees at the bedside, traversing the chasm between preclinical instruction and real‐world patient care. This paper proposes a structured, generalizable approach to ethics education for hospitalists.
Holland Kaplan
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National Trends and Risk Factors for Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
The Laryngoscope, Volume 136, Issue 9, Page 3918-3931, September 2026.From 2016 to 2023, inpatient anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) volume declined 52.2% while postoperative dysphagia rates increased 11.4% annually. Analysis of 496,425 cases demonstrated that dysphagia risk varied markedly by surgical indication, with cervical diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, cervical spine fracture, and ...
Caryn J. Ha +4 more
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Buried Bumper Syndrome Revisited: A Rare but Potentially Fatal Complication of PEG Tube Placement
Case Reports in Critical Care, 2014 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has been used for providing enteral access to patients who require long-term enteral nutrition for years. Although generally considered safe, PEG tube placement can be associated with many immediate and delayed ...
Saptarshi Biswas +4 more
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A simple gastropexy for the loop-gastrostomy tube
Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2012 The percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy has been in clinical use for more than three decades. A recent innovation, the loop-gastrostomy, is more suitable for developing countries because the tube cannot be dislodged and is easy to change.
Pang Ah-San, Ho Soon-Teck, Iruru Maetani
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Clinical Endoscopy, 2016 Background/Aims With the notable exceptions of dementia, stroke, and motor neuron disease, relatively little is known about the safety and utility of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube insertion in patients with neurodegenerative disease.
P. Sarkar +3 more
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Laparoscopic-assisted percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in two patients who failed percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy [PDF]
, 2015 IntroductionPercutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a common procedure to obtain a feeding tube. However, this technique might imply several difficulties and complications.
Abbassi, Ziad +7 more
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