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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 28, 2010; 16(40): 5084-5091
Published online Oct 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i40.5084
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Figure 1 The distribution of primary diagnosis warranting percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. 1: Parkinson’s disease (7%); 2: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (2%); 3: Multiple system atrophy (2%); 4: Other neurological disease (2%); 5: Cerebral infarction (40%); 6: Cerebral hemorrhage (11%); 7: Subarachnoid hemorrhage (3%); 8: Other cerebrovascular disease (1%); 9: Severe dementia (15%); 10: Mild dementia (3%); 11: Other type of dementia (14%).
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Figure 2 Causes of death classified by the doctors. 1: Pneumonia (59%); 2: Cardiac (14%); 3: Cancer (3%); 4: Other (22%); 5: Unknown (2%).
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Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier survival curve of 931 patients. PEG: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
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Figure 4 Kaplan-Meier survival curves compared. A: Gender; B: Previous history of pneumonia; C: Dementia; D: Previous history or comorbidity of diabetes; E: Previous history of ischemic heart disease; F: Presence of malnutrition as judged by the doctors; G: Starvation period before having percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: none, within 1 wk, within 30 d, more than 30 d; H: Cerebrovascular disease as an underlying disease; I: Neurological disease as an underlying disease. PEG: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
  • Citation: Suzuki Y, Tamez S, Murakami A, Taira A, Mizuhara A, Horiuchi A, Mihara C, Ako E, Muramatsu H, Okano H, Suenaga H, Jomoto K, Kobayashi J, Takifuji K, Akiyama K, Tahara K, Onishi K, Shimazaki M, Matsumoto M, Ijima M, Murakami M, Nakahori M, Kudo M, Maruyama M, Takahashi M, Washizawa N, Onozawa S, Goshi S, Yamashita S, Ono S, Imazato S, Nishiwaki S, Kitahara S, Endo T, Iiri T, Nagahama T, Hikichi T, Mikami T, Yamamoto T, Ogawa T, Ogawa T, Ohta T, Matsumoto T, Kura T, Kikuchi T, Iwase T, Tsuji T, Nishiguchi Y, Urashima M. Survival of geriatric patients after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in Japan. World J Gastroenterol 2010; 16(40): 5084-5091
  • URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v16/i40/5084.htm
  • DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v16.i40.5084