Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for nutritional support in dementia patients.

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Abstract

A link between aging, dementia and malnutrition is established and leads to poor prognosis. Endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is used without clear benefit on survival, nutritional status or quality of life.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Aging Clin Exp Res

Title: Aging clinical and experimental research

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

ISSN (Electronic): 1720-8319

ISSN (Print): 1594-0667

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2016

Volume: 28

Issue: 5

Affiliations

[1 ] Gastroenterology Department, GENE-Enteral Feeding Team, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal. goncalo.n@hotmail.com.

[2 ] Gastroenterology Department, GENE-Enteral Feeding Team, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal.

[3 ] Master in Economics, Nova School of Business and Economics, Lisbon, Portugal.

[4 ] CiiEM, Centro de investigação interdisciplinar Egas Moniz, Monte da Caparica, Portugal.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1007/s40520-015-0485-2

DOI: 10.1007/s40520-015-0485-2

PubMed ID: 26582081

SO-VID: c7f5d91c-5b89-4b20-ac58-7bddf91b5342

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Keywords: Dementia,Gastrostomy,Nutrition,PEG

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Keywords: Dementia, Gastrostomy, Nutrition, PEG

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