Results PEG tubes were successfully inserted in all patients, with immediate complications (respiratory depression) in two (4%) and late complications in 13 (25%). Feeding was well tolerated by 50/51 ...

John J. Vargo, MD, and Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Pneumoperitoneum has been observed in 36% of patients undergoing PEG tube placement. [38] It is ...

The performance of a full diagnostic upper endoscopy is imperative before PEG tube placement. Wolfsen and colleagues [10] found that 36% of patients scheduled for PEG tube placement had endoscopic ...

the success rate was 75% allowing these patients to be immediately discharged and recommenced on enteral feeding without further intervention. Conclusions Gastrostomy tract dilatation is an effective ...

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One of the most useful tools for this is the PEG ratio. Unlike simpler metrics, which only show a company’s current value, the PEG ratio also takes into account how much a company is expected to ...

tube feeding residual volumes and the amounts of fluid vented through the PEG tube were nil. Her pain did not improve with gabapentin, acetaminophen, or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and was ...