Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in children with cancer |
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| Authors: | A-M Bisgaard Pedersen K Kok G Petersen OH Nielsen KF Michaelsen K Schmiegelow |
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| Institution: | Paediatric Clinic II, Juliane Marie Centre, University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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| Abstract: | We reviewed the clinical course of 32 children with cancer who received nutrition through a feeding tube placed percutaneously during gastroscopy (PEG). Their median age was 5.1 y (75%, range: 1.8-13.7 y, min: 3.5 mo) when the PEG was done 0.7-23 mo after diagnosis (median: 1.8 mo, 75%; range: 0.9-8 mo). Five of the children underwent bone marrow transplantation with the gastrostomy in place. There was a significant (p |
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