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Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: Could Failure by the ICU to Provide Adequate PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy) Feeding Lead to Death of a Critically Ill Patient in ICU?
“Could malnutrition leading to death for a patient in ICU, as shown in the coroner’s report, be directly attributed to the failure by the ICU to provide adequate PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy) feeding?” That’s a question from one of our clients as part of a medical record review. I will answer that question today.
My name is Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com and this is another quick tip for families in intensive care.
Again, this is a question, “Could malnutrition leading to death for a patient in ICU, as shown in the coroner’s report, be directly attributed to the failure by the ICU to provide adequate PEG feeding?”
Malnutrition leading to death, as documented in a coroner’s report, can be directly attributed to the failure by the ICU to provide adequate PEG feeding if the evidence shows that ICU staff didn’t initiate PEG feeding when it was medically indicated, or delayed it without justification, failed to administer the appropriate amount of nutrition through the PEG tube after it was placed, didn’t monitor or respond appropriately to signs of malnutrition or nutritional deficiency such as weight loss, lab markers, or visible deterioration, and ignored or failed to address PEG complications like clogging, leakage, or infection that interfered with proper feeding.
In a hospital and ICU setting, once a PEG tube is placed, the medical team has a duty to ensure it’s used correctly, and the patient receives the required calories, fluids, and nutrients. If that didn’t happen and it contributed to the cause of death, that could be considered medical negligence or even medical malpractice depending on the circumstances.
We have worked with many clients over the years where ICUs sometimes refuse nasogastric tube feeds or PEG feeds when a patient is intubated or has a tracheostomy. That’s the unfortunate reality. As you can see, it is actually medical malpractice and medical negligence, and you can argue on that level.
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When we look at medical records, when we talk to doctors and nurses directly, when we set you up with the right questions to ask, when we give you that critical second opinion, we change your perspective. You will be moving away from the doom and gloom and negativity that ICU teams are giving you to very clear strategies that will help you to make informed decisions, have peace of mind, control, power and influence, making sure your loved one gets best care and treatment always. That’s why you can join a growing number of members and clients that we have helped over the years, there’s hundreds of them.
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Take care for now.
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