Background: Use of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tubes among patients with dementia is controversial, with multiple studies showing no clear benefit in terms of risks of aspiration, survival or quality of life. Despite this growing evidence, studies analyzing the trends of use of PEG tube among demented patients are lacking. We aimed to use a [...]

Case Presentation: A 51-year-old woman with multiple medical co-morbidities including morbid obesity with body mass index of 84, hepatitis C cirrhosis, urinary retention requiring chronic indwelling foley catheter and bilateral non-obstructing renal calculi presented from her nursing home with altered mental status, tachycardia, hypotension, and urinalysis findings consistent with urinary tract infection. She had a [...]