Abnormal blood values indicate increased mortality in PEG-operations
Friday, November 19, 2010 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
The combination of high CRP and low levels of the protein albumin in the blood, is associated with an increased risk of death after a PEG-operation; implantation of a nutritional catheter into the stomach through the abdominal wall. Of the PEG patients in the study that showed both current indicators, 20 percent died within 30 days.