Do feeding tubes improve outcomes in patients with dementia? | The Hospitalist
Key Points
- PEG tube placement is associated with significant short- and long-term risks.
- There is no decrease in risk of aspiration pneumonia with placement of gastric or post-pyloric feeding tube and there might be increased risk.
- There is no evidence enteric nutrition by feeding tube improves nutritional markers or decreases the risk for pressure ulcer formation or improves healing of ulcers in a demented patient.
- PEG tubes do not appear to contribute to comfort at the end of life.
https://www.the-hospitalist.org/hospitalist/article/123501/do-feeding-tubes-improve-outcomes-patients-dementia
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