title: Experience with percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy in a community hospital.
abstract: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy (PEG) has become the procedure of choice for meeting long-term nutritional needs in chronically ill patients. To determine the complication and mortality rates in a community hospital, we performed a retrospective analysis of 224 patients having PEG placement over a 2-yr period. Our study indicates that the morbidity and mortality resulting from PEG placement in a community hospital should be similar to that reported from large university studies.
authors.affiliation: Doctors Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Colwell
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Burlon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality*; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009820:Ohio; D012189:Retrospective Studies