Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: 30-day mortality trends and risk factors

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: 30-day mortality trends and risk factors

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: 30-day Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) mortality of 8% (1992). Recent concerns suggest that mortality may have increased, prompting a comparison of current practice with that reported earlier. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data regarding PEG insertion with relation...

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Main Authors: Price C, Khan S, Janes Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2005-01-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Subjects:
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
mortality
risk factors
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