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In a randomized, controlled trial, patients with stroke or head injury who required mechanical ventilation were less likely to develop ventilator-associated pneumonia if they underwent early percutaneous gastrostomy for nutritional support than if they continued to be fed via nasogastric tube.

Early Gastrostomy Decreases Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Brain-Injured Patients