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44 questions · 44 findings · 4 reviews · Gut

No studies found 6 · 13.6%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 35 · 79.5%Low 2 · 4.5%Moderate 1 · 2.3%High 0 · 0%

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy vs nasogastric tube feeding

Treatment failure Feeding interruption, blocking or leakage of the tube, non‐adherence · adult patients with swallowing disturbances

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy may leads to lower treatment failure Feeding interruption, blocking or leakage of the… compared with nasogastric tube feeding (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy vs nasogastric tube feeding

Mortality irrespective of · adult patients with swallowing disturbances

It is very uncertain whether percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy changes mortality irrespective of compared with nasogastric tube feeding (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy vs nasogastric tube feeding

Adverse events irrespective of · adult patients with swallowing disturbances

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy showed no clear difference in adverse events irrespective of compared with nasogastric tube feeding (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

More frequent (less than eight hours) vs less frequent (eight hours or greater) monitoring of gastric residual volume

Mortality (at the end of · adults receiving EN via nasogastric or gastrostomy tube

It is very uncertain whether more frequent (less than eight hours) changes mortality (at the end of compared with less frequent (eight hours or greater) monitoring of gastric… (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

More frequent (less than eight hours) vs less frequent (eight hours or greater) monitoring of gastric residual volume

Pneumonia · adults receiving EN via nasogastric or gastrostomy tube

It is very uncertain whether more frequent (less than eight hours) changes pneumonia (until discontinued or up to 28 days) compared with less frequent (eight hours or greater) monitoring of gastric… (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

No monitoring vs frequent monitoring (12 hours or less) of gastric residual volume

Mortality (at the end of · adults receiving EN via nasogastric or gastrostomy tube

It is very uncertain whether no monitoring changes mortality (at the end of compared with frequent monitoring (12 hours or less) of gastric residual volume (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

No monitoring vs frequent monitoring (12 hours or less) of gastric residual volume

Pneumonia · adults receiving EN via nasogastric or gastrostomy tube

It is very uncertain whether no monitoring changes pneumonia (until discontinued or up to 28 days) compared with frequent monitoring (12 hours or less) of gastric residual volume (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review