Year 2022 / Volume 114 / Number 11
Letter
Nutritional benefits in pediatric patients with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2022.8866/2022

Ana Gabriela Ayala Germán, Karen Rubí Ignorosa Arellano, Luisa Díaz García, Flora Zárate Mondragón, Erick Manuel Toro Monjaraz, José Francisco Cadena León, Ericka Montijo Barrios, Jaime Alfonso Ramírez Mayans,

Abstract
Gastrostomy is an enteral nutrition option. Indications for its placement are diverse, among them, the alteration in the mechanics of swallowing, frequently present in patients with neurological diseases. Nutritional recovery is the objective in these patients evaluating the nutritional status after the placement of a PEG in the pediatric population. This is a retrospective cohort conducted to evaluate nutritional recovery in pediatric patients with PEG placement. It was performed using anthropometric and biochemical parameters before and after placement. Forty-seven subjects were included, from which weight, height, and upper arm circumference were obtained, to evaluate nutritional recovery using BMI or W/L according to age. Significant nutritional improvement was demonstrated in a population of 39 patients, who had a mean follow-up of 7 months. In our population, PEG is an enteral nutrition strategy that has a significant positive impact on nutritional status in a mean of 7 months after its placement. Therefore, considering the evolution time of these patients will guide the clinician in making decisions regarding surveillance and monitoring parameters of the nutritional status.
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Ayala Germán A, Ignorosa Arellano K, Díaz García L, Zárate Mondragón F, Toro Monjaraz E, Cadena León J, et all. Nutritional benefits in pediatric patients with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement. 8866/2022


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Received: 13/04/2022

Accepted: 26/04/2022

Online First: 29/04/2022

Published: 07/11/2022

Article Online First time: 16 days

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