Open AccessMortality Trend and Predictors of Mortality in Dysphagic Stroke Patients Postpercutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
Author(s) -
Yue-Long Jiang,
Nyoka Ruberu,
Xinsheng Liu,
Yuan Xu,
Shutian Zhang,
Daniel K. Chan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chinese medical journal/chinese medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2542-5641
pISSN - 0366-6999
DOI - 10.4103/0366-6999.156777
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy , dysphagia , odds ratio , confidence interval , stroke (engine) , peg ratio , surgery , gastrostomy , logistic regression , retrospective cohort study , mechanical engineering , finance , engineering , economics
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding is widely used in stroke patients suffering from persistent dysphagia; however, predicting the risks and benefits of PEG insertion in the individual patient is difficult. The aim of our study was to investigate if candidate risk factors could predict short-term mortality risk in poststroke patients who had PEG tube insertion for persistent dysphagia.