Nurse-Assisted Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement Is a Safe Procedure in Adult Patients

Gastroenterology Nursing : the Official Journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates
Vibeke Gye, M B Mortensen

Abstract

The percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) procedure is normally carried out by two doctors. Preliminary experience has suggested that this procedure may be accomplished with the same safety level using one doctor and a specially trained endoscopy nurse. The aim of the study was to assess the immediate outcome and 30 days' procedure-related morbidity following nurse-assisted percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (NA-PEG) in an unselected population of adult patients. Retrospective, nonconsecutive analysis of NA-PEG procedures were registered between 2008 and 2014. Demographic data, indications, and early and late procedure complications were registered. During the study period, a total of 222 nonconsecutive adult patients had a NA-PEG placement. Neurologic (56%) and malignant diseases (35%) were the major indications for the PEG placement. The NA-PEGs were performed by six specially trained endoscopy nurses. NA-PEG-related overall morbidity was 24%, and all complications were minor. No procedure-related mortality occurred. When NA-PEG was compared with standard PEG placement literature, there was no increase in the number of complications, and the types of complications were similar. Despite being performed in patients with mu...Continue Reading

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