The aim of this study was to perform a retrospective analysis characterizing patients receiving tube feeding following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement between 2004 and 2012 at ...

Fifty-six (65.9%) of the present patients having PEG procedures had neurological disorders. Other indications were nasopharynx cancer, esophagus cancer, and aspiration problems. Percutaneous ...

Phase II study of dichloroacetate (DCA) in combination with chemoradiation (CRT) for unresected, locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (LA-SCCHN). Retrospective analysis of ...

John J. Vargo, MD, and Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Pneumoperitoneum has been observed in 36% of patients undergoing PEG tube placement. [38] It is theorized ...

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Tiglutik (riluzole; ITF Pharma) oral suspension to include administration via percutaneous ...

Romiplostim management of chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia. Phase III open label randomized controlled trial comparing intravenous iron sucrose to oral ferrous sulphate (without erythropoiesis ...

Ventilator-dependent patients at UM BWMC whose feeding tubes were placed using the Percutaneous Ultrasound Gastrostomy (PUG) procedure had shorter lengths of stay both in the intensive care unit (ICU) ...