Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding in a district rehabilitation service

Abstract

Patients requiring PEG feeding in a district rehabilitation service have a range of diagnoses and the main indication for intervention is neurological swallowing impairment. The majority of patients were nutritionally depleted when feeding commenced and the reasons for this require further investigation.

Decision Making for Enteral Nutrition in Adult Patients with Dysphagia – A Guide for Health Care Professionals

“…The most common indicator for long term enteral nutrition is a cerebral vascular accident (CVA) [3,5,[10][11][12][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. Dysphagia with resulting malnutrition and/or dehydration is common in patients who have had a CVA, explaining the high need for enteral nutrition within this population [10,13,[27][28].…”