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PEDIATRICS Vol. 101 No. 1 January 1998, pp. 159-160

Tubefeeding

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To the Editor.

Strauss et al1 recently published a large retrospective population-based study on the effect of tubefeeding on mortality in children with severe disabilities and mental retardation. In their introduction they quoted our study on outcomes after endoscopic gastrostomy placement in 30 children with severe neurological impairment.2 Strauss et al wrote that "... although none of the children [...] were preoperatively felt to have significant pulmonary disease, 6 of 30 children who underwent a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement died of chronic . . . [Full Text of this Article]