Does Feeding Tube Insertion and Its Timing Improve Survival?

Objectives To examine survival with and without a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tube using rigorous methods to account for selection bias and to examine whether the timing of feeding tube insertion affected survival. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting All U.S. nursing homes...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) Jg. 60; H. 10; S. 1918 - 1921
Hauptverfasser:	Teno, Joan M., Gozalo, Pedro L., Mitchell, Susan L., Kuo, Sylvia, Rhodes, Ramona L., Bynum, Julie P. W., Mor, Vincent
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Hoboken, NJ Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2012 Wiley-Blackwell Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Schlagworte:	Aged, 80 and over Bias Biological and medical sciences Cognitive impairment Cohort analysis Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases Dementia eating problems feeding tubes Female Gastrostomy General aspects Humans Intubation, Gastrointestinal - mortality Male Medical sciences Miscellaneous Multivariate analysis Neurology Nursing homes Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy Propensity Prospective Studies Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Residents Risk factors Selection bias survival Survival Rate Time Factors timing of insertion United States > US Human timing of insertion Insertion Feeding tube eating problems Eating disorder Survival feeding tubes Improvement Gerontology Temporal study Degenerative disease Timing Elderly Dementia Geriatrics
ISSN:	0002-8614, 1532-5415, 1532-5415
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