Criterios de medicos tratantes para indicar instalacion de gastrostomia en pacientes con demencia avanzada
A survey about the criteria for the indication of a gastrostomy in patients with advanced dementia
| dc.creator | Portales, Bernardita | |
| dc.date | 2017-05-19T03:41:48Z | |
| dc.date | 2017-05-19T03:41:48Z | |
| dc.date | 2015 | |
| dc.identifier | Rev Med Chile 2015; 143: 1405-1410 | |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0034-98872015001100005 | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11447/1174 | |
| dc.description | BACKGROUND: Decision making concerning patients with advanced dementia is complicated. The indication of a gastrostomy is among these hard decisions, especially considering that there is no consensus about its real benefit. AIM: To explore the criteria used by Chilean physicians to indicate a gastrostomy in patients with advanced dementia. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A questionnaire about the decision making to indicate a gastrostomy was delivered to 72 physicians working in public and private hospitals. RESULTS: The survey was answered by 43 physicians. Fifty one percent had indicated a gastrostomy to patients with advanced dementia in the last year, 79% believed that gastrostomy reduces the risk of aspiration pneumonia, 50% thought that gastrostomy helps in bed sore healing and 74% believed that gastrostomy improves survival. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of physicians who answered the survey think that gastrostomy will improve the health status of patients with advanced dementia. | |
| dc.format | 6 | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language | spa | |
| dc.publisher | Sociedad Medica de Santiago | |
| dc.subject | Bioethics | |
| dc.subject | Dementia | |
| dc.subject | Gastrostomy | |
| dc.title | Criterios de medicos tratantes para indicar instalacion de gastrostomia en pacientes con demencia avanzada | |
| dc.title | A survey about the criteria for the indication of a gastrostomy in patients with advanced dementia | |
| dc.type | Artículo |