Open AccessFeeding Tubes and the Prevention or Healing of Pressure Ulcers
Author(s) -
Pedro Gozalo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1200
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy , peg ratio , pressure injury , minimum data set , dementia , surgery , feeding tube , cohort , emergency medicine , nursing homes , nursing , disease , finance , economics
The evidence regarding the use of feeding tubes in persons with advanced dementia to prevent or heal pressure ulcers is conflicting. Using national data, we set out to determine whether percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes prevent or help heal pressure ulcers in nursing home (NH) residents with advanced cognitive impairment (ACI).
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