Investigation and prediction of enteral nutrition problems after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Table 3 Causes of enteral nutrition problems after PEG

	No.	%
Cases that required ≥ 1 mo after surgery to switch to complete enteral nutrition, or that required additional parenteral alimentation continuously
Pneumonia (aspiration pneumonia)	13 (8)	25
Paralytic ileus	8	15
Acute enterocolitis (CDED)	7 (5)	13
Biliary tract infection	5	10
Peritonitis	3	6
Urinary tract infection	3	6
Hemorrhagic gastric ulcer	1	2
Diarrhea	1	2
Drug-induced liver injury	1	2
Bacterial endocarditis	1	2
Aggravation of ASO	1	2
Stenosis of upper respiratory tract	1	2
Aggravation of chronic renal dysfunction	1	2
Cerebral infarction	1	2
Infection to central venous catheter	1	2
Sepsis	1	2
Convulsive seizure	1	2
Progression of hyponatremia	1	2
Fever (unknown origin)	1	2
Total	52	100
Patients that abandoned switching to enteral utrition using the gastrostoma and employed other nutritional methods
Pneumonia (aspiration pneumonia)	6 (6)	33
Paralytic ileus	2	11
Acute enterocolitis (CDED)	2 (1)	11
Biliary tract infection	2	11
Aggravation of chronic heart failure	2	11
Aggravation of chronic renal failure	2	11
Bleeding from fistula	1	6
Fever (unknown origin)	1	6
Total	18	100

ASO: Arteriosclerosis obliterans; CV: Central vein.