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Gastrostomy Summary

Description: Creation of an artificial external opening into the stomach for nutritional support or gastrointestinal compression.

Also Known As: Gastrostomies

Networked: 2620 relevant articles (98 outcomes, 164 trials/studies) for this Therapy

Key Diseases for which Gastrostomy is Relevant

  1. Deglutition Disorders (Dysphagia) : 7 outcomes 7 studies in 221 results
  2. Dementia (Dementias) : 7 outcomes 4 studies in 54 results
  3. Head and Neck Neoplasms (Head and Neck Cancer) : 5 outcomes 26 studies in 148 results
  4. Infection : 5 outcomes 14 studies in 151 results
  5. Neoplasms (Cancer) : 5 outcomes 13 studies in 194 results
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Drugs Related to Gastrostomy

  1. Anti-Bacterial Agents (Antibiotics)
  2. Dentifrices (Dentifrice)
  3. Oxygen
  4. Penicillins (Penicillin)
  5. Nitrogen
  6. Anesthetics (Anesthetic Agents)
  7. pectin
  8. Barium
  9. Serum Albumin
  10. Carbon Monoxide
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Therapies Related to Gastrostomy

  1. Enteral Nutrition (Feeding, Tube)
  2. Fundoplication
  3. Jejunostomy
  4. Tracheostomy
  5. Decompression
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