Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding effects in patients with neurogenic dysphagia and recurrent pneumonia.

Jung Hwan LeeHea Yoon KwonKye Sook KwonSoo-Hyun ParkYoung Ju SuhJung-Soo KimHyungkil KimYong Woon Shin

Published in: Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease (2021)

PEG could effectively reduce the incidence of pneumonia in patients with neurogenic dysphagia, especially in those who had experienced recurrent pneumonia.The reviews of this paper are available via the supplemental material section.

Keyphrases

spinal cord injury
ultrasound guided
respiratory failure
community acquired pneumonia
risk factors
drug delivery
minimally invasive
randomized controlled trial
intensive care unit
radiofrequency ablation