Serum Amino Acid Levels and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy

Sivritepe R., Basat S. U., Gökmen İnan N.

JCPSP-JOURNAL OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS PAKISTAN, vol.31, no.11, pp.1278-1284, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.29271/jcpsp.2021.11.1278
  • Journal Name: JCPSP-JOURNAL OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS PAKISTAN
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.1278-1284
  • Keywords: Amino acid, Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, Malnutrition, Mortality, NUTRITIONAL-STATUS, SUPPLEMENTATION, CITRULLINE, PROTEIN
  • Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the effect of feedingvia percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube (PEG) on serum amino acid levels and mortality.