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Dtsch Med Wochenschr
; 149(13): 785-791, 2024 Jul.
Artigo
em Alemão
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38863148
RESUMO
When critically ill patients require long-term enteral nutrition, insertion of a feeding tube is indicated. The method of choice is percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement, known in everyday clinical practice as a PEG tube or simply PEG. When performed in a standardized manner and with consideration of contraindications, PEG placement is a less invasive and well-established standard of care in the ICU.