Effect of antibiotic prophylaxis on mortality of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Background: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has been widely used for patients with swallowing difficulty, because of reduced laryngopharyngeal discomfort and a lower risk of aspiration pneumonia compared with the nasogastric tube. There are contradictions using antibiotic prophylaxis prior to PEG, therefore we have performed a non-randomized study compared to our earlier period without antibiotic prophylaxis. Aim was to examine the 30-day mortality of PEG after introduction of antibiotic prophylaxis. Methods: We analyzed 30-day mortality of PEG in the last 12 years at our institute divided into 2 perio…