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A SURVEY ABOUT THE CRITERIA FOR THE INDICATION OF A GASTROSTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED DEMENTIA

Criterios de Médicos Tratantes para indicar Instalación de Gastrostomía en Pacientes con Demencia Avanzada

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dc.creatorPortales V, María Bernardita
dc.date2015-10-29
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dc.identifierhttp://www.revistamedicadechile.cl/ojs/index.php/rmedica/article/view/4122
dc.identifier.urihttps://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/111483
dc.descriptionBackground: Decision making concerning patients with advanced dementia is complicated. The indication of a gastrostomy is among these hard decisions, especially considering that there is no consensus about its real benefit. Aim: To explore the criteria used by Chilean physicians to indicate a gastrostomy in patients with advanced dementia. Material and methods: A questionnaire about the decision making to indicate a gastrostomy was delivered to 72 physicians working in public and private hospitals. Results: The survey was answered by 43 physicians. Fifty one percent had indicated a gastrostomy to patients with advanced dementia in the last year, 79% believed that gastrostomy reduces the risk of aspiration pneumonia, 50% thought that gastrostomy helps in bed sore healing and 74% believed that gastrostomy improves survival. Conclusions: The majority of physicians who answered the survey think that gastrostomy will improve the health status of patients with advanced dementia. ?en-US
dc.descriptionBackground: Decision making concerning patients with advanced dementia is complicated. The indication of a gastrostomy is among these hard decisions, especially considering that there is no consensus about its real benefit. Aim: To explore the criteria used by Chilean physicians to indicate a gastrostomy in patients with advanced dementia. Material and methods: A questionnaire about the decision making to indicate a gastrostomy was delivered to 72 physicians working in public and private hospitals. Results: The survey was answered by 43 physicians. Fifty one percent had indicated a gastrostomy to patients with advanced dementia in the last year, 79% believed that gastrostomy reduces the risk of aspiration pneumonia, 50% thought that gastrostomy helps in bed sore healing and 74% believed that gastrostomy improves survival. Conclusions: The majority of physicians who answered the survey think that gastrostomy will improve the health status of patients with advanced dementia.es-ES
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dc.publisherRevista Médica de Chilees-ES
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dc.sourceRevista Médica de Chile; Vol. 143, núm. 11 (2015): NOVIEMBRE 2015es-ES
dc.source0034-9887
dc.subjectBioethics; Dementia; Gastrostomyen-US
dc.subjectBioethics; Dementia; Gastrostomyes-ES
dc.titleA SURVEY ABOUT THE CRITERIA FOR THE INDICATION OF A GASTROSTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED DEMENTIAen-US
dc.titleCriterios de Médicos Tratantes para indicar Instalación de Gastrostomía en Pacientes con Demencia Avanzadaes-ES
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