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Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Reduces Aspiration Pneumonia Rate in Stroke Patients with Enteral Feeding in Convalescent Rehabilitation Wards

OBJECTIVES: The effect of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) on the prevention of aspiration pneumonia and improvements in activities of daily living (ADL) for enteral feeding-dependent stroke patients is unclear. We sought to clarify differences in the rates of aspiration pneumonia and ADL i...

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Autores principales: Ikenaga, Yasunori, Kusunoki, Tadayuki, Yamaguchi, Hiromi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JARM 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8387208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34514181
http://dx.doi.org/10.2490/prm.20210031