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- Title
Revisiting the Use of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tubes in Patients with Advanced Dementia.
- Authors
Shaikh, Ayesha K.; Hamilton, Eric L.; Bharadwaj, Parag; Ward, Katherine T.
- Abstract
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. Over the last few months he has lost weight due to poor dietary intake and has developed a decubitus ulcer. Mr. Smith's family inquires about the advantages and disadvantages of the placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube to help improve his weight loss.
- Subjects
CARE of dementia patients; LONG-term health care; PERCUTANEOUS endoscopic gastrostomy; WEIGHT loss; LIFE expectancy; QUALITY of life; ASPIRATION pneumonia; PRESSURE ulcers; APPETITE loss
- Publication
Palliative Care: Research & Treatment, 2009, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1178-2242
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4137/PCRT.S2169