Buried Bumper Syndrome complicated by intra-abdominal sepsis.
There is growing evidence that enteral feeding tubes are associated with increased mortality and complication rates in patients with advanced dementia. Buried Bumper Syndrome is an uncommon, but well documented late complication of PEG placement. Our case report reinforces this recognised risk of PEG feeding in an elderly, cognitively impaired patient.
Walters
Gareth
G
Department of Care of the Elderly, Solihull Hospital, Heart of England Foundation Trust, Lode Lane, Solihull, West Midlands B91 2JL, UK.
Ramesh
P
P
Memon
Muhammed Ibrahim
MI
D000005:Abdomen; D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016983:Enterococcus; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology*; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*