OBJECTIVE: Offering and recommending PEG tube placement to patients has been a topic
of considerable interest in the medical literature. The role of individual health care …

Prolongation of human lifespan is increasing the number of individuals suffering from
Alzheimer's disease and other progressive dementia worldwide. There are about 5 million of …

OBJECTIVE: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is widely used for long-term
enteral nutrition in patients with dementia and inadequate oral intake, although its benefit in …

OBJECTIVES: The effectiveness of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in older
adults remains controversial. Although prior studies have examined the safety of PEG and its …

Background The use of enteral tube feeding for patients with advanced dementia who have
poor nutritional intake is common. In one US survey 34% of 186,835 nursing home residents …

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube feeding is recommended by the
American Gastroenterological Association as the preferred device to provide long-term …

A comparison of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) and nasogastric tube (NGT)
feeding for long-term feeding of elderly stroke patients with dysphagia is presented. The two …

The ethics of placing PEG tubes and feeding patients with perceived poor quality of life are
complex. The endoscopist often is placed in a precarious position when PEG-tube …

Background The balance of benefits and harms associated with enteral tube feeding for
people with severe dementia is not clear. An increasing number of guidelines highlight the …

Objective: To assess the satisfaction of surrogate decisionmakers with the decision to place
feeding tubes in elderly patients with impaired decision‐making capacity. Design: Inception …