Audit of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in long-term enteral feeding in a nursing home
Audit of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in long-term enteral feeding in a nursing home
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DOI:
10.1093/intqhc/9.4.297
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发表时间:
1997-08-01
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
Decamps, A
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作者:
BourdelMarchasson, I;Dumas, F;Decamps, A
Objectives: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is now easily used in the event of long-term enteral nutrition. Tolerance of long-term enteral feeding has been documented in different populations but the documentation is incomplete in the case of older and frail people. Our aim was to describe early and late tolerance in this population, and to propose ways in which it could be improved.Design: Retrospective study in two parts: tolerance and quality of care; case-control study for tolerance.Setting: A nursing home with 240 beds in. south-west France.Study participants: The PEG group consisted of all patients who had undergone PEG insertion between January 1990 and June 1994. Fifty-eight patients were involved, 12 under 65 years (48 +/- 10.6), and 46 over 65 (80.7 +/- 9.3). The gastrostomy insertion was performed because of a vegetative state in 6 patients, swallowing difficulties in 31 and anorexia in 21. A control group was gathered in December 1996, which included all patients for whom the question of nutritional support was mentioned in staff books but where no artificial nutrition had been implemented due to the patients' or families' refusal or to a staff decision. This group included 50 patients, 5 younger than 65 years (54 +/- 8.3), and 45 older (84.7 +/- 7.6). In 22 cases the nutritional problem was swallowing difficulties and in 28 cases anorexia. Pressure ulcers were present before insertion in 34 patients in the PEG group and in 7 of the control group (p