High short-term mortality in hospitalized patients with advanced dementia: lack of benefit of tube feeding
DE Meier, JC Ahronheim, J Morris… - Archives of internal …, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
Background The influence of tube feeding on survival in hospitalized patients with advanced
dementia is controversial. Objective To assess long-term survival in an inception cohort …
dementia is controversial. Objective To assess long-term survival in an inception cohort …
Clinical and organizational factors associated with feeding tube use among nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment
Context Empiric data and expert opinion suggest that use of feeding tubes is not beneficial
for older persons with advanced dementia. Previous research has shown a 10-fold variation …
for older persons with advanced dementia. Previous research has shown a 10-fold variation …
Expectations and outcomes of gastric feeding tubes
TS Carey, L Hanson, JM Garrett, C Lewis… - The American Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To compare expected outcomes with actual outcomes from tube feeding in adult
patients. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This prospective cohort study was conducted in two …
patients. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This prospective cohort study was conducted in two …
Are we using percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy appropriately in the elderly?
RH Skelly - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Many percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy patients are very elderly and frail. Outcomes
after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy have been disappointing in some instances …
after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy have been disappointing in some instances …