Healthcare professionals' attitudes towards PEG tube feeding in advanced dementia: time to engage with a wide clinical audience?

Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol. 2019 Sep;65(3):246-248. doi: 10.23736/S1121-421X.19.02588-1.

Authors

Sebastian Adu-Tei¹, Hugo A Penny^{2

3}, Mansour El-Fekhi², Charlotte Ruse⁴, David S Sanders²

Affiliations

¹ Academic Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK - s.adu-tei1@sheffield.ac.uk.
² Academic Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
³ Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
⁴ Department of Geriatrics, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK.

PMID: 31617698
DOI: 10.23736/S1121-421X.19.02588-1

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel*
Dementia*
Enteral Nutrition / methods*
Female
Gastroscopy
Gastrostomy* / methods
Humans
Male
Self Report
Severity of Illness Index
Young Adult