PREDICTING SURVIVAL OF ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY CANDIDATES USING THE UNDERLYING DISEASE, SERUM CHOLESTEROL, ALBUMIN AND TRANSFERRIN LEVELS

Background: Endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is the gold standard for long-term enteral feeding. An adequate PEG candidate must have life expectancy longer than a few weeks. Patients surviving less than three weeks should have a nasogastric tube, and gastrostomy should be avoid. There are few studies lo...

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Pubblicato in:Nutrición Hospitalaria
Autori principali: Jorge Fonseca, Carla Adriana Santos, José Brito
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Sociedad Española de Nutrición Parenteral y Enteral 2013
Soggetti:
Medicina
Albumin
Prognosis
Gastrostomy
Transferrin
Cholesterol
Accesso online:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=309227544043
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