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Gastrostomy and jejunostomy placement: the urban hospital perspective pertinent to nursing home care.

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OBJECTIVES:In nursing home settings, providers often think that most percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes are placed in older people, some perhaps inappropriately. We sought to describe the relationships between patient age and the indications for, the decision making behind, and the outcomes of gastrostomy and jejunostomy placement in an urban hospital to give perspective to those of us working in long-term care settings. DESIGN:Retrospective, observational study. SETTING:Urban hospital. PARTICIPANTS:Two hundred thirty-nine inpatients who underwent gastrostomy or jejunostomy (G/J) placement. MEASUREMENTS:Hospital records were reviewed for patient demographics, disease process, decision making, and short-term outcomes associated with G/J placement. Mortality at 30 days and 1 year was obtained by a search of the National Death Index. The prevalence of these variables in those aged 65 years and older was compared to the prevalence in those younger than 65 with associations calculated both unadjusted and adjusted for gender, place of residence, underlying condition, and Charlson comorbidity index. RESULTS:Patients who were aged 65 years and older were more likely to be female with more comorbid illnesses and were more likely to have had a stroke that precipitated their difficulty eating. They were more likely to have been referred by a medical specialist, to have been seen by a speech pathologist, and to have had their procedure without general anesthesia. The older patients had a shorter mean hospital length of stay with fewer complications but had higher mortality rates at 30 days and 1 year. CONCLUSION:Patient age was associated with gender and type of disease process and may have influenced the decisions made during the hospital stay. Despite a higher burden of chronic illness, older patient age was not associated with adverse short-term outcomes but was associated with higher mortality rates after discharge.

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J Am Med Dir Assoc

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Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

authors

Phillips TE,Cornejo CJ,Hoffer EK,McCormick WC

doi

10.1016/j.jamda.2005.05.010

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2005-11-01 00:00:00

pages

390-5

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eissn

1525-8610

issn

1538-9375

pii

S1525-8610(05)00355-5

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Gastrostomy and jejunostomy placement: the urban hospital perspective pertinent to nursing home care.