PEG tube nursing care: Care must be taken when deciding to use, siting and managing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes (PEG tubes) to avoid errors or complications that could prove fatal.

CHICAGO -- Centenarians who required percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) appeared to do as well with the tube placement, researchers reported here. In-hospital mortality for the 30 patients over ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis presented at the ACG Annual Scientific ...

In children, gastrostomy tube placement is traditionally performed using a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube (PEG-T). The PEG button (PEG-B) is a skin-level device with a shorter tube, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Due to growing use of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes among children with feeding and nutrition ...

Radiologic approach The gastrostomy tube is guided into the correct position using fluoroscopic guidance. Using a percutaneous technique, a gastrostomy tube is introduced to hold the gastric wall in ...

In November 2001, a 29-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of dysphagia due to an apallic state caused by cerebral anoxia. Nutritional support was maintained by nasogastric tube ...