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State of the Art in Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency [PDF]

open access: yesMedicina (Lithuania), 2020
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is defined as the maldigestion of foods due to inadequate pancreatic secretion, which can be caused by alterations in its stimulation, production, transport, or interaction with nutrients at duodenal level. The most frequent causes are chronic pancreatitis in adults and cystic fibrosis in children. The prevalence
Cristina Jiménez Luna   +2 more
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Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in pigeons

Avian Pathology, 2006
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is a well-studied syndrome in domestic animals. EPI occurs when severe progressive loss of tubulo-acinar tissue from atrophy or inflammatory destruction results in insufficient secretion of digestive enzymes and clinical signs of malabsorption. However, the literature on EPI in birds is limited.
Amann, O.   +4 more
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Exocrine insufficiency in acute pancreatitis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2004
(2004). Exocrine insufficiency in acute pancreatitis. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology: Vol. 39, No. 11, pp. 1035-1039.
E, Andersson, R, Andersson
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Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass [PDF]

open access: yesSurgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 2016
BACKGROUND Gastric resection, short bowel syndrome, and diabetes mellitus are risk factors for development of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI). Reasons are multifactorial and not completely elucidated.
Dino Kroll   +2 more
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Diagnosis of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency

Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 2015
The accurate diagnosis of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) helps identify those in need of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy. Conversely, ruling out EPI identifies those in which additional evaluation should be pursued to explain their symptoms.
Phil A, Hart, Darwin L, Conwell
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Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in dogs

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 2003
Pancreatic acinar atrophy (PAA) is by far the most common cause for the maldigestion signs of canine exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI). The ability to diagnose PAA in the subclinical phase before the development of total acinar atrophy and manifestation of clinical signs has offered new possibilities to study the pathogenesis of the disease ...
Elias, Westermarck, Maria, Wiberg
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Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 1993
EPI in dogs represents a well-defined condition that can now be diagnosed simply by the analysis of a single serum sample for TLI. A low TLI concentration represents a highly sensitive and specific test for EPI and may also predict the development of disease before the onset of clinical signs.
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Management of Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency

Oncology Nursing Forum, 2013
A 56-year-old obese Caucasian woman named M.B. reported experiencing anorexia and early satiety in the prior two months. She has lost 10 pounds in two weeks. No changes had been made to her type 2 diabetes medications, she took no other medications, and her exercise habits were unchanged. M.B.
Jeanne Ann, Braddick   +1 more
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Post-surgical exocrine pancreatic insufficiency

Minerva Surgery, 2023
Being an underdiagnosed and under or insufficiently treated condition, surgical pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PSP) is the condition in which pancreatic enzymes are insufficient for digestion because of gastrointestinal (GI) surgery involving the upper GI tract, biliary ducts, or the pancreas, and and leading to potential malnutrition and ...
Maria B, Garay   +4 more
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Management of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 2019
Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) is one of the well known causes of malabsorption syndrome. An insufficient secretion of pancreatic enzymes and bicarbonate secondary to different pancreatic diseases and upper gastrointestinal and pancreatic surgery leads to maldigestion and malabsorption of nutrients.
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