Peristomal infection after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a 7-year surveillance of 297 patients

CONTEXT: Healthcare-associated infection represents the most frequent adverse event during care delivery. Medical advances like percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy have brought improvement on quality of life to patients but an increased risk of healthcare-associated infection. Predictive risk factor...

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Main Authors: Helena Duarte, Carla Santos, Manuel Luís Capelas, Jorge Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2012-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032012000400005&lng=en&tlng=en