Since its introduction in 1980, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has gained wide acceptance as the procedure of choice in delivering enteral alimentation and has largely replaced surgical ...

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is an endoscopic medical procedure in which a tube (PEG tube) is passed into a patient's stomach through the abdominal wall, most commonly to provide a means ...

Gastrostomy Tube: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube: A PEG tube is placed directly into the stomach. Larger amounts of feeds or bolus feeds can be given through this tube.

The search terms used were “enteral access”, “enteral nutrition”, “nutrition”, “critical care”, “percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy” and “percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy”.

A percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tube is a narrow tube that is inserted through the skin and into the stomach to provide nutrition and medication. The family has been told that ...

Big-hearted rugby players are among the supporters who go the extra mile to enhance the life of much-loved little girl, Grace ...

Louise, from Houston in Renfrewshire, was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of epilepsy, weeks after suffering her first ...

The delay was due to home care support workers not having the knowledge and skills to care for people with complex needs i.e. Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEGS).. The above situation ...

Cochran Veterans Hospital. Fellows become proficient in basic endoscopic procedures. Here is a yearly breakdown: Each fellow is expected to complete a research project of clinical or basic science ...

Objective To assess the costs and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) compared with open microdiscectomy among patients with sciatica. Methods This economic ...

The areas of clinical research interest are inflammatory bowel disease, small bowel endoscopy, coeliac disease, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding, ...

Wolfsen and colleagues [10] found that 36% of patients scheduled for PEG tube placement had endoscopic findings, such as peptic ulcer disease and gastric outlet obstruction, that ultimately led to ...