JT Berger, S Hida, H Chen, D Friedel… - Archives of internal …, 2011 - Am Med Assoc After institutional review board approval, 39 persons who had provided consent for PEG tube placement for inpatients with stage 7 dementia according to the criteria from Reisberg et al 9 were enrolled, with an inclusion rate of 100% (Table). A questionnaire developed for this ... Related articles - All 3 versions
JL Locher, JA Bonner, WR Carroll… - Journal of Parenteral …, 2011 - pen.sagepub.com Background: Patients with head and neck cancers (HNCs) are at increased risk of experiencing malnutrition, which is associated with poor outcomes. Advances in the treatment of HNCs have resulted in improved outcomes that are associated with severe toxic oral side effects, ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 4 versions
S White, M Kurien, G Simpson, J Grant… - Gut, 2011 - gut.bmj.com Results 280 patients in Sheffield were receiving enteral feeding at home between April 2009 and April 2010. 85 (30%) were new patients, with 79 (93%) being reviewed within 5 days of hospital discharge. 2237 referrals were received by the HEF team regarding these 280 patients. ...
RS Manjunath… - Gut, 2011 - gut.bmj.com Introduction Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) may be extremely difficult in patients with compound hiatus hernia. In this type of hernia, the stomach may be partly or entirely intrathoracic and is normally associated with organoaxial (figure 1A) or mesenteroaxial (figure 1B) ... Related articles
M Kurien, HE Robson, JS Leeds, J Grant… - Gut, 2011 - gut.bmj.com Introduction There is a significant mortality associated with PEG. The Sheffield Gastrostomy Score (SGS) was devised to try and improve outcomes following this procedure by predicting 30-day mortality. After prospectively collecting demographic, biochemical and outcome data from ...