[Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in patients with swallowing difficulties--home care and long-term result]
| Autor: | Nobuyuki Takasu, Kei Yamashiro, Yasuhiko Nakada, Katsuo Naka, Masaki Omine |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Home Nursing medicine.medical_treatment Postoperative Complications Swallowing Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy Activities of Daily Living Gastroscopy medicine Humans Survival rate Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Gastrostomy medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General surgery Retrospective cohort study Endoscopy Middle Aged Surgery Survival Rate Vomiting Female Geriatrics and Gerontology medicine.symptom Complication business Deglutition Disorders Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Nihon Ronen Igakkai zasshi. Japanese journal of geriatrics. 33(9) |
| ISSN: | 0300-9173 |
| Popis: | We studied the possibility of home care of patients who are unable to swallow. Postsurgical complications during the short term (within a week), medium term (within a month) and long term (more than a month) were recorded along with survival time. We also retrospectively studied the number of patients who were discharged after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy from November 1989 to March 1995. The percentage of patients with short-term postsurgical complications was 12.1%. Vomiting was the most frequent complication during the medium term and the long term. The weekly rate of complication development (total complications number/total survival time) was highest in the short term and decreased year by year. It was lower in those who were discharged from the hospital than in those who were not discharged. The average survival time was 460.2 days (544.7 days: home care group, 419.0 days: hospital group). The one-year survival rate was 58%, and the two-year survival rate was 36%. One third (32.8%) of patients were cared for at home after gastrostomy (average duration of care at home: 338.5 days) and the average duration of care at home as a percentage of survival time was 58.8%. We conclude that Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy can improve the quality of life of patients who are unable to swallow, and may allow them to be cared for at home. |
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