Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for nutritional support in dementia patients

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• 作者：Gonçalo Nunes ; Carla Adriana Santos…
• 关键词：Nutrition ; Dementia ; Gastrostomy ; PEG
• 刊名：Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：28
• 期：5
• 页码：983-989
• 全文大小：593 KB
• 刊物主题：Geriatrics/Gerontology;
• 出版者：Springer International Publishing
• ISSN：1720-8319
• 卷排序：28

文摘

BackgroundA link between aging, dementia and malnutrition is established and leads to poor prognosis. Endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is used without clear benefit on survival, nutritional status or quality of life.