OʼRear Jamie Marie, Prahlow Joseph A
Jamie Marie O'Rear is a first-year general surgery resident at the University of Illinois Metropolitan Group Hospital Residency in Surgery Program, Chicago. Joseph A. Prahlow is a forensic pathologist at South Bend Medical Foundation and a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend. Contact author: Joseph A. Prahlow,
Am J Nurs. 2015 Jun;115(6):26-31; quiz 32, 46. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000466312.00767.59.
The authors present a case of early percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube dislodgment, attempted replacement, and subsequent sepsis that resulted in the patient's death. Gastrostomy techniques, complications, preventive strategies, and proper tube management are addressed.
