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The team approach to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding
A Hussain1, A Geddes, S Woolfrey
1Department of Medicine for the Elderly and General Medicine, Guy's Hospital, London.
British Journal of Hospital Medicine
|October 4, 1995
Abstract:
The importance of early recognition and treatment of patients who are at risk of developing malnutrition is becoming increasingly recognised. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy has become increasingly popular as a method of feeding, since its description in 1980, because of its ease of insertion and low morbidity and mortality. Its success, however, depends upon the use of a multidisciplinary approach.