TUBE FEEDING
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Review: McMahon M et al. Medical and Ethical Aspects of Long-term Enteral Tube Feeding. Mayo Clin Proc 2005;80:1461-76.
Cole MJ et al. Aspiration After Percutaneous Gastrostomy. J Clin Gastroenterol 1987;9:90-5.
Kaw M and Sekas G. Long-Term Follow-up of Consequences of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Tubes in Nursing Home Patients. Dig Dis Sci 1994;39:738-743.
Henderson et al. Prolonged Tube Feeding in Long-Term Care: Nutritional Status and Clinical Outcomes. J Am Col Nutrition 1992;11:309-25.
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Mitchell SL, Kiely DK and Lipsitz LA. The Risk Factors and Impact on Survival of Feeding Tube Placement in Nursing Home Residents with Severe Cognitive Impairment. Arch Int Med 1997;157:327-332.
James A, Kapur K and Hawthorne AB. Long-Term Outcome of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Feeding in Patients with Dysphagic Stroke. Age Ageing 1998;27:671-676.
Bliss DZ, Johnson S, Savik K, Clabots CR, Willard K and Gerding DN. Acquisition of Clostridium Difficile and Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea in Hospitalized Patients Receiving Tube Feeding. Ann Int Med 1998;129:1012-1019. Brett AS and Rosenberg JC. The Adequacy of Informed Consent for Placement of Gastrostomy Tubes. Arch Int Med 2001;161:745-748.
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Mitchell S, Kiely D and Gillick M. Nursing Home Characteristics Associated with Tube Feeding in Advanced Cognitive Impairment. JAGS 2003;51:75-9.
Mitchell S et al. Clinical and Organizational Factors Associated with Feeding Tube Use among Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Cognitive Impairment. JAMA 2003;290:73-80.
Mitchell et al. Tube-Feeding Versus Hand-Feeding Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia: A Cost Comparison. J Am Med Directors Assoc 2003;4:27-33.
Odom S et al. Emergency Department Visits by Demented Patients with Malfunctioning Feeding Tubes. Surg Endosc 2003;17:651-3.
Pasman H et al. Discomfort in Nursing Home Patients with Severe Dementia in whom Artificial Nutrition and Hydration is Forgone. Arch Int Med 2005;165:1729-35.
Rimon E et al. Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy; Evidence of Different Prognosis in Various Patient Subgroups. Age and Ageing 2005;34:353-7.
Modi S et al. Influence of Patient and Physician Characteristics on Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Decision-Making. J palliative Med 2007;10:359-66.
Higaki F et al. Factors Predictive of Survival After Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in the Elderly: Is Dementia Really a Risk Factor? Am J Gastroenterology 2008;103:1011-16.
Kuo, S et al. Natural History of Feeding-Tube Use in Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia. JAMDA 2009;10:264-70.
Teno J et al. Churning: The Association between Health Care Transitions and Feeding Tube Insertion for Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Cognitive Impairment. J Palliative Med 2009;12:359-62.
Teno J et al. Hospital Characteristics Associated with Feeding Tube Placement in Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Cognitive Impairment. JAMA 2010;303:544- 50.
Teno J, Mitchell SL et al. Decision-Making and Outcomes of Feeding Tube Insertion: A Five-State Study. JAGS 2011;59:881-886. Teno J et al. Feeding Tubes and the Prevention or Healing of Pressure Ulcers. Arch Int Med 2012;172:697-701.