Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrotomy: Better than Nasoenteric Tube?

Some Questions About Dementia and Tube Feedings

“…In the case of nasoenteric tube, behavioral disturbances appear in many individuals and it is therefore necessary to prescribe physical or chemical (e.g., neuroleptics, benzodiazepines) restraints. In a previous letter to this journal, we reported that individuals with advanced dementia and PEG tubes did not exhibit PEG‐associated behavioral disturbances and did not need any physical or chemical restrain …”