Outcomes of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in hospitalized patients at a tertiary care center in Turkey

• Published in: European journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 68; no. 4; pp. 437 - 440
• Main Authors: Gundogan, K, Yurci, A, Coskun, R, Baskol, M, Gursoy, S, Hebbar, G, Sungur, M, Ziegler, T R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.04.2014; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/700/565/2072; 692/700/565/545; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Cellulitis; Cerebrovascular diseases; Clinical Nutrition; Clinical outcomes; Diseases of the digestive system; Endoscopy; Endoscopy - methods; Enteral feeding; Enteral Nutrition; Epidemiology; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gastrostomy - methods; Hospitals, University; Humans; Hypertension; Hypoxia; Indication; Insertion; Internal Medicine; Male; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic Diseases; Middle Aged; Mortality; Nutrition; Nutrition research; original-article; Ostomy; Patient outcomes; Patients; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; Public Health; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Retrospective Studies; Tertiary Care Centers; Treatment Outcome; Tube feeding; Turkey; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Young Adult; Asia; Turkey; enteral nutrition; tube feeding; PEG; Turkey; gastrostomy; Human; Prognosis; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; Metabolic diseases; Care; Enteral administration; Feeding; Evolution

Background/objectives: The aim of this study was to perform a retrospective analysis characterizing patients receiving tube feeding following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement between 2004 and 2012 at Erciyes University Hospital in Turkey. Subjects/Methods: Patients above the...