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Mortality Trend and Predictors of Mortality in Dysphagic Stroke Patients Postpercutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy

BACKGROUND: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding is widely used in stroke patients suffering from persistent dysphagia; however, predicting the risks and benefits of PEG insertion in the individual patient is difficult. The aim of our study was to investigate if candidate risk factors c...

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Autores principales: Jiang, Yue-Long, Ruberu, Nyoka, Liu, Xin-Sheng, Xu, Ying-Hua, Zhang, Shu-Tian, Chan, Daniel KY
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4830312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25963353
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0366-6999.156777