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Improving 30-day mortality after PEG tube placement in England from 2007 to 2019: a retrospective national cohort analysis of 87,862 patients
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Improving 30-day mortality after PEG tube placement in England from 2007 to 2019: a retrospective national cohort analysis of 87,862 patients

Umair Kamran, Pui Chi Lee, Ben Coupland, Abdullah Abbasi, Helen Steed, Sissi Ispoglou, Fumi Varyani and Nigel Trudgill
Gastrointestinal endoscopy, Vol.96(6), pp.943-953.e11
12/2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2022.06.031
PMID: 35798054
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http://hdl.handle.net/2436/624832View
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Background and Aims: PEG has been associated with poor case selection and high mortality. We examined in-dications, 30-day mortality, and 7-day adverse events in a national cohort undergoing PEG tube insertion. Methods: Adult patients undergoing their first PEG tube insertion from 2007 to 2019 were identified in the Hos-pital Episode Statistics database. Indications and adverse events were identified using International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision codes. Multivariable logistic regression modeling examined factors associated with mortality. Results: Of 87,682 patients identified, 58% were men and median age was 69 years (interquartile range, 57-79). The number of patients with dementia or stroke as the indication for PEG fell from 2007 to 2019 (dementia, from 147 to 28 [P < .001]; stroke, from 2851 to 1781 [P < .001]). The median interval from stroke admission to PEG tube insertion increased from 21 (interquartile range, 12-36) to 28 (interquartile range, 13-45) days (P < .001). Aspiration pneumonia within 7 days of PEG fell from 10.2% to 8.6% (P Z .04). Thirty-day mortality fell from 13.2% to 5.3% (P .001), with associated factors of increasing age ( 82 years quintile odds ratio [OR], 4.44; 95% confidence interval [CI], 4.01-4.92), PEG tube insertion during emergency admission (OR, 2.10; 95% CI, 1.97-2.25), Charlson comorbidity score >5 (OR, 1.67; 95% CI, 1.53-1.82), and dementia (OR, 1.46; 95% CI, 1.26-1.71). Female sex (OR, .81; 95% CI, .77-.85), least-deprived quintile (OR, .88; 95% CI, .81-.95), and more recent years of PEG tube insertion (2019; OR, .44; 95% CI, .39-.51) were negatively associated with mortality. Conclusions: Thirty-day mortality after PEG tube insertion has fallen 60% over 13 years. Dementia or stroke as an indication for PEG fell, and the time interval from stroke to PEG tube insertion increased. These findings may be attributable to improved patient selection and timing for PEG tube insertion. (Gastrointest Endosc 2022;96:943-53.)
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