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Development and implementation of an aspiration pneumonia cause investigation algorithm
The Clinical Respiratory Journal, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 20-28, January 2023., 2023 Aspiration pneumonia remains an underdiagnosed and unestablished diagnosis. We propose the use of an algorithm (developed based on the JRS guidelines) to enable adequate management of older adults with pneumonia. When implemented in an acute setting, the algorithm enhanced the diagnosis of causative conditions, swallow screening, and preventative ...
Yuki Yoshimatsu +8 more
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement: Caregiver decision making in Taiwan
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2013 To explore Taiwanese caregivers' decision making experiences of accepting a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube for their family member. Methods: A phenomenological approach was used for the interview and analysis.
Lily Yeh +5 more
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Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2021 Transnasal percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (T-PEG) is a novel endoscopic intervention for enteral nutrition. Peroral endoscopic gastrostomy is widely performed feeding procedure.
Anudeep KV +4 more
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Percutaneous gastrostomy: troubleshooting complications [PDF]
, 2016 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy was first described in 1980 (Gauderer et al, 1980), superseding surgical gastrostomy as a means of providing long-term enteral nutrition.
Harbord, MW, Lepore, M, Marks, DJ
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Replacement Gastrostomy Tube Causing Acute Pancreatitis: Case Series with Review of Literature [PDF]
, 2012 Context Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feedings are generally considered safe with few serious complications. Acute pancreatitis is a rare complication associated with replacement percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes.
DePasquale, Joseph R. +2 more
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European Journal of Neurology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 96-106, January 2023., 2023 Abstract Background and purpose Treatment of freezing of gait (FoG) and other Parkinson disease (PD) axial symptoms is challenging. Systematic assessments of axial symptoms at progressively increasing levodopa doses are lacking. We sought to analyze the resistance to high levodopa doses of FoG, posture, speech, and altered gait features presenting in ...
Gabriele Imbalzano +13 more
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Pneumonia and mortality after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion [PDF]
, 2013 Background/aims: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding provides enteral nutrition to patients with neurological dysphagia. Thirty-day mortality rates of 4-26% have been reported, with pneumonia being the common cause post-percutaneous endoscopic ...
Azzopardi, Neville, Ellul, Pierre
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Mycoses, Volume 66, Issue 2, Page 138-143, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Introduction Candida auris is an emerging pathogen in health care‐associated infections. In contrast to many other countries with rising numbers of C. auris, only seven cases have been reported in Germany from 2015 to 2017, mostly from patients who received prior medical treatment abroad.
Judith Heindel +3 more
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy – a simple solution to a complex problem
Studia Medyczne, 2016 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) was performed for the first time in the world on 12 June 1979. At present, the method of using gastrostomy has almost entirely superseded classical methods, which is related with its simplicity, lower costs, lack
Przemysław Wolak +2 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 Methylmalonic acidaemia (MMA) and propionic acidaemia (PA) are very rare autosomal recessive inherited metabolic diseases from the group of organoacidopathies.
Stefan Schumann +5 more
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