Timing of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement in post-stroke patients does not impact mortality, complications, or outcomes

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World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther. Sep 5, 2022; 13(5): 77-87
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Table 2 Patient comorbidities

Types of comorbidities	All (N = 154)		PEG ≤ 7 d (N = 62, 40.26%)		PEG > 7 d (N = 92, 59.74%)		P value
Types of comorbidities	N	%	N	%	N	%	P value
Acute respiratory distress syndrome	1	0.65	0	0.00	1	1.09	1.0000¹
Acute kidney injury	2	1.30	0	0.00	2	2.17	0.5158
Alcohol abuse	5	3.25	2	3.23	3	3.26	1.0000¹
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	1	0.65	0	0.00	1	1.09	1.0000¹
Anemia	4	2.60	2	3.23	2	2.17	1.0000¹
Aortic dissection	1	0.65	0	0.00	1	1.09	1.0000¹
Aortic stenosis	1	0.65	0	0.00	1	1.09	1.0000¹
Arrhythmias	7	4.55	4	6.45	3	3.26	0.4403¹
Atrial fibrillation	32	20.78	17	27.42	15	16.30	0.0955
Breast cancer	3	1.95	2	3.23	1	1.09	0.5652¹
Coronary artery disease	29	18.83	9	14.52	20	21.74	0.2609
Cirrhosis	1	0.65	1	1.61	0	0.00	0.4026¹
Chronic kidney disease	14	9.09	2	3.23	12	13.04	0.0377
Colon cancer	2	1.30	2	3.23	0	0.00	0.1605¹
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	9	5.84	1	1.61	8	8.70	0.0853¹
Dementia	15	9.74	5	8.06	10	10.87	0.5648
Diabetes mellitus	52	33.77	19	30.65	33	35.87	0.5014
Deep vein thrombosis	1	0.65	1	1.61	0	0.00	0.4026¹
Heart failure	24	15.58	11	17.74	13	14.13	0.5445
Hyperlipidemia	45	29.22	20	32.26	25	27.17	0.4963
Hypertension	121	78.57	45	72.58	76	82.61	0.1369
Lung cancer	1	0.65	0	0.00	1	1.09	1.0000¹
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis	1	0.65	0	0.00	1	1.09	1.0000¹
Obstructive sleep apnea	3	1.95	1	1.61	2	2.17	1.0000¹
Peripheral artery disease	6	3.90	5	8.06	1	1.09	0.0391¹
Parkinson's disease	2	1.30	0	0.00	2	2.17	0.5158¹
Patent Foramen Ovale	1	0.65	1	1.61	0	0.00	0.4026¹
Prostate cancer	2	1.30	0	0.00	2	2.17	0.5158¹
Pulmonary hypertension	1	0.65	1	1.61	0	0.00	0.4026¹
Seizure disorder	4	2.60	2	3.23	2	2.17	1.0000¹
Stroke	38	24.68	14	22.58	24	26.09	0.6206¹
Substance abuse	1	0.65	0	0.00	1	1.09	1.0000¹
Thrombocytopenia	2	1.30	1	1.61	1	1.09	1.0000¹
Thyroid cancer	1	0.65	1	1.61	0	0.00	0.4026¹

¹Obtained by Fisher's Exact Test, PEG: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, Significant P values are in bold.

Citation: Reddy KM, Lee P, Gor PJ, Cheesman A, Al-Hammadi N, Westrich DJ, Taylor J. Timing of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement in post-stroke patients does not impact mortality, complications, or outcomes. World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther 2022; 13(5): 77-87
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4292/wjgpt.v13.i5.77