Safety of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement in Patients with Continuous-Flow Ventricular Assist Devices
| Autor: | Rasha Issa, Sudha Kurien, Hesam Keshmiri, Roeglio Silva, Tariq Yousuf |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Perforation (oil well) Population 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education Gastrostomy education.field_of_study medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry X-Rays Endoscopy Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged Surgery Tube placement Heart-Assist Devices business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Investigative Medicine. 64:1012-1015 |
| ISSN: | 1708-8267 1081-5589 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jim-2016-000124 |
| Popis: | In this retrospective study, the safety of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement was evaluated as maintaining adequate nutritional support for patients with left ventricular assist devices is crucial. Nineteen patients who underwent PEG tube placement were followed for an average of 40 days. Overall, minor complications such as infections, bleeding, and PEG tube malposition occurred in just 19% of patients while the rate of major complications such as perforation was 5%. Further randomized control trials are necessary to validate this assertion that the safety of PEG placement in patients with left ventricular assist devices is similar to that of the general population. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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