Clinical Gastroenterology Journal

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery/Endoscopy, St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, Uganda

Publications

• Research Article   
  Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: Opinions, Attitudes and Experiences of Patients, Care Takers and Health Workers at a Subsaharan Hospital
  Author(s): Francis Basimbe*, Victoria Nkore, Othiniel Musana and Gorreti Nassali
  
  Dysphagia has a high burden of disease with a global prevalence estimated to be at 43.8% and the highest prevalence rate was estimated in Africa at 64.2%. Many medical conditions have been associated with dysphagia including; stroke, Parkinson’s disease, dementia and traumatic brain injury. Dysphagia is associated with malnutrition and carries a significant risk of mortality in many patients. To ensure adequate nutritional intake, enteral nutrition is usually the method of choice in patients with a normally functioning gastrointestinal system. The (European Society on Parenteral Nutrition) ESPEN guidelines recommend Nasogastric tube feeding for short term enteral feeding and Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) for long term feeding (>4 weeks). Despite this recommendation the uptake of PEG Tube feeding has been very low in our setting we therefore set out to explore the .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2952-8518.2023.8.194

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