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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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| 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 |