Early gastrostomy is associated with more efficient healthcare resource utilization in nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We investigated the trends and outcomes of early gastrostomy tube placement in patients with nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).

Methods

We analyzed the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database from 2002 to 2022 for adult hospitalized ICH patients who underwent gastrostomy. Variables included age, sex, race, income, hospital location and region, comorbidities, ICH severity indicators (coma, cerebral edema, brain compression, hydrocephalus), neurosurgical procedures, in-hospital complications (deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), acute kidney injury, aspiration pneumonia), and in-hospital outcomes (length of stay, cost, medical complications, and discharge disposition). Early gastrostomy (EG) was defined as below the 25th percentile of median

SUBMITTER: Loggini A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12832189 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature