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Mediastinitis complicating a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a case report

BMC Gastroenterology, 2003
Background Since its introduction in the early 1980s, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy has become the most popular method for performing a gastrostomy for long-term enteral feeding.
Spirou Spiros, Konstantinidis Anastasios, Tsirantonaki Maria, Karagiannis Athanasios, Papakonstantinou Kalliopi, Skottis Ion, Karabinis Andreas   +6 more
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PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY WITH ULTRASONIC NAVIGATION AS A METHOD OF CHOICE TO PROVIDE ENTERAL NUTRITION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CRITICAL CONDITION

В мире научных открытий, 2018
Background. Analysis of the effectiveness of ULTRASOUND navigation in case of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy to improve the security method of ensuring the delivery of enteral nutrition. Materials and methods.
Alexandra Vitalievna Yakovleva, Alexander Anatolevich Sibak, Artem Evgenievich Skvortsov, Alexey Aleksandrovich Yakovlev, Kirill Yurievich Krylov, Marina Vladimirovna Petrova, Inessa Gennadiyevna Shchelkunova, Andrey Vyacheslavovich Grechko   +7 more
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Effectiveness of betadine-coating gastrostomy tube to reduce peristomal infection after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a randomized controlled trial

BMC Gastroenterology, 2023
Background Peristomal wound infection is a common complication in patients receiving percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). The main reason for peristomal infection might be the oral microbes coating the gastrostomy tube during implantation. Povidone-
Yu-Jen Chen, Ming-Chih Hou, Tsung-Chieh Yang, Pei-Chang Lee, Yen-Po Wang, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Fa-Yauh Lee   +6 more
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An Analysis of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Complications

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 2022
To determine the indications of early and late complications in 224 patients who underwent Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) procedure.Observational study.Department of General Surgery, Karatay University and Medipol University, Turkey, from January 2014 to December 2020.Patients' age, gender, primary diseases, PEG indications, morbidity ...
Yılmaz, Gökhan, Tanrıkulu, Yusuf, Göksoy, Beslen   +2 more
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Duodenal Pressure Necrosis in a Child Caused by a Migrated Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy

Acta Medica, 2020
A two-year-old girl with two weeks of abdominal pain, vomiting, and food refusal, ten months after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion because of inadequate peroral intake, was admitted to a tertiary centre hospital.
Jan Melek, Markéta Štanclová, Radek Štichhauer, Pavel Rozsíval, Jan Kopřiva, Jana Dědková, Eva Terifajova, Eva Šedivá, Petr Dědek, Sylva Skálová, Jan Bureš   +10 more
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for nutritional palliation of upper esophageal cancer unsuitable for esophageal stenting

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2012
CONTEXT: Esophageal cancer is often diagnosed at an advanced stage and has a poor prognosis. Most patients with advanced esophageal cancer have significant dysphagia that contributes to weight loss and malnutrition.
Ana Grilo, Carla Adriana Santos, Jorge Fonseca   +2 more
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Postpyloric nutrition to prevent emergencies – a step away from repeat inpatient care in children with methylmalonic acidaemia and propionic acidaemia – a case report of four cases

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, Frank Risto Rommel, Serdar Cantez, Evdokia Alexanidou, Clemens Kamrath, Jan de Laffolie   +5 more
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Comparison of major complications in children after laparoscopy-assisted gastrostomy and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement: a meta-analysis

Pediatric surgery international (Print), 2018
PurposeA meta-analysis was performed to compare the rates of the major complications associated with two gastrostomy tube placement techniques in a pediatric population: laparoscopy-assisted gastrostomy (LAG) and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG).
Filip Sandberg, Margrét Brands Viktorsdóttir, M. Salö, P. Stenström, E. Arnbjörnsson   +4 more
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Enteral feeding pumps: efficacy, safety, and patient acceptability [PDF]

, 2014
Helen White, Linsey King Nutrition and Dietetic Group, School of Health and Wellbeing, Faculty Health and Social Science, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom Abstract: Enteral feeding is a long established practice across pediatric and ...
White H, King L, White, H, King, L
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Revisiting the Use of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tubes in Patients with Advanced Dementia

, 2009
Mr. Smith is an 85-year-old nursing home patient who has suffered from dementia for the past eight years. He has been bed bound and uncommunicative for the last six months. He was admitted with aspiration pneumonia three times in the past year.
Parag Bharadwaj, Katherine T. Ward MD, Ayesha K. Shaikh, Eric L. Hamilton, Katherine T. Ward   +4 more
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