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Direct linkAyres, Lachlan; Black, Chris; Scheepers, Mark; Shaw, Ian – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion is an effective method of providing enteral nutrition to patients with neurologically unsafe swallowing or failure of feeding. Patients with severe learning disabilities may develop unsafe swallowing and benefit from percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement. It is unclear whether this intervention…
Descriptors: Surgery, Nutrition, Human Body, Eating Disorders
