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JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION
Volume 72, Issue 1, Pages 141-143Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002920
Keywords
adults; complications; emergency; gastrostomy; pediatric
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GT complications seen in the Emergency Department are mainly infectious and mechanical in nature, with a higher frequency of vomiting in adults compared to children.
Gastrostomy tube (GT) complications are often managed in the Emergency Department (ED). We aimed to characterize and compare the pattern of ED presentations of GT complications in adults and children. A retrospective chart review of patients with GT complications presenting to 3 Australian EDs in 2 years was undertaken. ED visits for GT complications occurred in 70 GT patients (36 adults, 34 children) with 122 presentations. When comparing adults to children, infections occurred in 21% versus 36%, respectively; P = 0.08, mechanical issues in 48% versus 52%; P = 0.86, vomiting in 23% versus 8%; P = 0.02, and other issues in 7% versus 5%; P = 0.7. Presentation to ED within 28 days of initial GT insertion occurred in 3 (8%) adults and 3 (9%) children, predominantly with tube dislodgement. GT complications seen in ED are predominantly infectious and mechanical in nature, with an increased frequency of vomiting in adults when compared with children.
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