Trends and outcomes associated with gastrostomy tube placement in common neurodegenerative disorders

INTRODUCTION: Dysphagia causing aspiration pneumonia is a common complication in the advanced stages of neurodegenerative disorders. Historically, physicians attempted to prevent this complication with gastrostomy tube (GT) placement. Its use is supported in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), not...

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Autores principales: Kim, Duk Soo, Jones, Richard N., Shireman, Theresa I., Kluger, Benzi M., Friedman, Joseph H., Akbar, Umer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8299983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316666
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prdoa.2020.100088

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