Minority race and male sex as risk factors for non-beneficial gastrostomy tube placements after stroke

BACKGROUND: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes are widely used for enteral feeding after stroke; however, PEG tubes placed in patients in whom death is imminent are considered non-beneficial. AIM: We sought to determine whether placement of non-beneficial PEG tubes differs by race and s...

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Autores principales: Faigle, Roland, Carrese, Joseph A., Cooper, Lisa A., Urrutia, Victor C., Gottesman, Rebecca F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5774766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29351343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191293

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5774766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29351343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191293

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