[Malnutrition is an independent risk factor of early complications following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy].

Background: The relationship between malnutrition and complications occuring in hospitalized patients is debated.

Aim: To assess prospectively the relationship between nutritional status and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)-related complications and to determine the respective role of malnutrition and confounding variables on clinical outcome.

Methods: Ninety seven patients were followed up for 30 days after PEG insertion and complications were prospectively recorded.

[Esophageal bezoar resulting from nasogastric enteral feeding in an intensive care unit].

We report two cases of oesophageal bezoar in patients given enteral nutrition by nasogastric tubing in an intensive care unit. These two complications occurred during the year following the replacement of our standard enteral feed by a new preparation enriched in proteins. In both patients, the bezoar could be endoscopically removed.