title: Predicting life expectancy before percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement: a lesson in futility or an exercise of injustice?
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: McClave
authors.forename: Mark H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Delegge
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000941:ethics*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom