Enteral tube feeding for older people with advanced dementia

L Sampson, Elizabeth; Candy, Bridget; Jones, Louise

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd007209.pub2

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Enteral tube feeding for older people with advanced dementia

Published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews • Apr 15, 2009

Authors:

Elizabeth L Sampson

Bridget Candy

Louise Jones

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The use of enteral tube feeding for patients with advanced dementia who have poor nutritional intake is common. In one US survey 34% of 186,835 nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment were tube fed. Potential benefits or harms of this practice are unclear. OBJECTIVES: T...

Subject

Medicine

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Dementia

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