PEG button (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy)
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35912
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Patient Family Learning Centre.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2018.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1186
- Available Online
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A PEG button is a type of feeding tube that takes the place of your PEG tube. This pamphlet explains how to use and care for your button. Your GI specialist will tell you how often your button should be changed. An area on the back of the pamphlet is given to write down the type of button you have, size, the date it was inserted, and who inserted your PEG button.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Patient Family Learning Centre
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2018
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([4] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Gastrostomy
- Enteral nutrition - methods
- Preoperative Care
- Postoperative Care
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
- Preoperative care
- Postoperative care
- Enteral feeding
- Tube feeding
- Abstract
- A PEG button is a type of feeding tube that takes the place of your PEG tube. This pamphlet explains how to use and care for your button. Your GI specialist will tell you how often your button should be changed. An area on the back of the pamphlet is given to write down the type of button you have, size, the date it was inserted, and who inserted your PEG button.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Patient Family Learning Centre; Reviewed by Department of Medicine
- Pamphlet Number
- 1186
