Observational studyIndian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology2013
A comparative observational study of early versus delayed feeding after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
Observational study in Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04110613 (A Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Periprocedural Fasting in Ventilated Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Periprocedural Fasting in Ventilated Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care Patients
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Updates in Evidence-Based Decision Making for Upfront Surgical Interventions in Paediatric Lymphoma.European journal of haematology · 2026Review
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy guideline on gastrostomy feeding tubes: methodology and review of evidence.VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2025Article
- A Multicenter Survey of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in 2019 at Korean Medical Institutions.Gut and liver · 2024Article
- Assessment of complication rates based on time of feeding initiation in radiologically guided gastrostomy tubes: a retrospective study.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2021Article
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: indications, technique, complications and management.World journal of gastroenterology · 2014Review
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Abstract
backgroundPercutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is the procedure of choice for long-term enteral feeding.
objectiveThis prospective observational study was carried out to compare the safety of commencing feeding 3 h compared to 16-24 h after PEG tube placement.
methodsOne hundred and ten patients with oropharyngeal malignancies who had consented for PEG were enrolled. Trial-specific consent and IRB approval were not obtained because at the time when this study was done, this was not mandatory for observational studies which involved standard procedures. Alternate patients were started on early feeding within 3 h (group I) or after overnight observation of 16 to 24 h (group II). Five hundred milliliters of Ringer's lactate was infused over 4 h initially, followed 2 h later by 200 mL of formula feed. The patients were advised to take bolus feeds of 200 mL every 2 h and oral feeds ad libitum from the next day. All patients were evaluated on days 1, 2, 7, and 30.
resultsThere were 55 patients (47 males) in group I and 54 patients (38 males) in group II who were matched for age (mean age 46.1 and 46.1 years, respectively). Complications included PEG site infection (1), peristomal leak (3), and displacement of the PEG tube (1) in group I. PEG site infection was seen in five patients in group II. All the complications were managed conservatively on an ambulatory basis.
conclusionInitiation of tube feeding 3 h after an uncomplicated PEG was safe, well tolerated, and helped to reduce the hospital stay.
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