Tube feeding in patients with dementia.
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Tube feeding patients with advanced dementia: an ethical dilemma.
Many patients with dementia lose the ability to feed themselves in the advanced stages of the disease. Tube feeding is sometimes initiated to overcome feeding difficulties. Recent studies have questioned the appropriateness of tube feeding in these patients. There is limited research to support the benefits of enteral nutrition in patients with advanced dementia. Deciding whether to tube feed o...
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The use of enteral feeding in individuals with advanced dementia has been a subject of much debate. In North America, it is estimated that one-third of nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment are tube fed. Despite the documentation of the burden of care associated with feeding tubes in this population, the number of feeding tubes placed in older individuals continues to increa...
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Patients with advanced dementia frequently develop eating difficulties and weight loss. Enteral feeding tubes are often used in this situation, yet benefits and risks of this therapy are unclear. We searched MEDLINE, 1966 through March 1999, to identify data about whether tube feeding in patients with advanced dementia can prevent aspiration pneumonia, prolong survival, reduce the risk of press...
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Feeding problems are common in older people with advanced dementia. When eating difficulties arise tube feeding is often initiated, unless there is a valid advance directive that refuses enteral feeding. Tube feeding has many pitfalls and complications. To date, no benefits in terms of survival, nutrition, or prevention of aspiration pneumonia have been demonstrated. Careful hand feeding is an ...
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BACKGROUND Artificial feeding by a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube in patients with dementia has increased since the introduction of the endoscopic method of tube placement. Few studies have documented survival benefit from this intervention. This report reviews our experience with PEG tube placement for feeding patients with dementia. METHODS All consultations for PEG tube pla...
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CONTEXT Speech-language pathologists (SLP) are often called on to evaluate eating difficulties in patients with dementia. OBJECTIVES To assess factors associated with SLPs' knowledge and recommendations about feeding tubes in patients with advanced dementia. METHODS A mail survey was administered to a probability sample of 1500 SLPs from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association mail...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Age and ageing
دوره 35 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006