[Nursing care for children undergoing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy].

Ever since percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy (PEG) was used for the first time in 1980 by Gauderer, Ponsky, Izant et al., It has been widely used in patients incapable of oral feeding. It is a safe and effective technique for long-term nutritional support in children, and easy to perform, as only local anesthesia or heavy sedation is required PEG can prevent children from suffering from nasopharyngeal and esophageal erosions due to repeated insertion of nasogastric tubes and the complication of aspiration pneumonia. It is therefore an alternative for children who need long-term feeding. In this article we review the literature on PEG and give a full description of its indications, complications, as well as advice on when to change gastrostomy tubes, and on nursing care, in the hope that this will be useful reference material for medical staff.