Feasibility of Percutaneous Gastrostomy Tube Placement Using Only Local Anesthetic in Patients With Neuromuscular Dysfunction
Placement of a percutaneous gastrostomy tube using only local anesthesia is safe and feasible in patients who have a contraindication to sedation due to poor airway control and for whom intubation is avoided due to risk of ventilator dependence.
Authors
- Tarek Jazmati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7116-975X)
- Pratik A. Shukla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3926-1868)
- Abhishek Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7462-7442)
- S. Shanmugasundaram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7583-2424)
- Nardine Mikhail
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Neurohospitalist
- Published
- 2024-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/19418744241274507
- Primary Topic
- Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00