Nurse-assisted PEG in children.
The procedures reviewed in this article comprised 83 PEG insertions and 39 PEG changes in children aged six weeks to 19 years (median three years) with weights between 4.7 kg and 80 kg (median 13.5 kg). The complication rate was lower than previously reported paediatric series performed exclusively by medical practitioners. Four children required open conversion and one gastro-colic fistula was discovered five months later.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome