Outcomes following feeding gastrostomy (FG) insertion in patients with learning disability: a retrospective cohort study using the health improvement network (THIN) database.
Philip R HarveyTom ThomasJoht Singh ChandanNeeraj BhalaKrishnarajah NirantharakumarNigel J TrudgillPublished in: BMJ open (2019)
In LD patients, no clinically meaningful reduction in LRTI incidence was observed following FG placement. Mortality and LRTI were higher in patients with at least one LRTI in the year preceding FG placement, compared with those without a preceding LRTI.