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Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) is common among patients with pancreatic cancer who have undergone pancreatic surgery. Patients suffering from PEI are unable to sufficiently maintain normal digestive processes leading to malnutrition and a ...
Kim, H +6 more
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One of the complications of diabetes mellitus is the development of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency. Fecal elastase 1 is a good marker of pancreatic exocrine secretion.
A. A. Nizhevich +4 more
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ContextCongenital hyperinsulinism (CHI), the commonest cause of persistent hypoglycaemia, has two main histological subtypes: diffuse and focal. Diffuse CHI, if medically unresponsive, is managed with near-total pancreatectomy.
Ved Bhushan Arya +6 more
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State of the Art in Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency [PDF]
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
Carmelo Diéguez-Castillo +4 more
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Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency in Chronic Diarrhea [PDF]
Background: One of the causes of chronic diarrhea is pancreatic exocrine insufficiency. Chronic diarrhea cases are commonly encountered in Indonesia. Materials & methods: All patients with chronic diarrhea at hospitals in Jakarta were included in ...
Simadibrata, M. (Marcellus) +5 more
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Exocrine and endocrine insufficiencies are frequent complications of surgical treatment for pancreatic diseases. The presence and extent of the insufficiency depend on the underlying disorder, type of surgical procedure, extent of pancreatic ...
D. S. Bordin +5 more
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Exocrine dysfunction correlates with endocrinal impairment of pancreas in Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic abnormal metabolic condition, which manifests elevated blood sugar level over a prolonged period. The pancreatic endocrine system generally gets affected during diabetes, but often abnormal exocrine ...
H R Prasanna Kumar +3 more
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The article describes the etiology and current diagnostic methods of investigation of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, in particular non-invasive 13C-mixed triglyceride test, allowing not only to determine indirectly the activity of pancreatic lipase ...
S.M. Tkach, O.V. Shvets
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Pancreatitis in A Patient with Cystic Fibrosis Taking Ivacaftor
Pancreatitis is rare in pancreatic insufficient cystic fibrosis patients. While pancreatic insufficiency has been considered irreversible until now, in the current era of new therapies with modulators of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator CFTR ...
Argyri Petrocheilou +2 more
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Specificity of a Polyclonal Fecal Elastase ELISA for CELA3. [PDF]
Elastase is a proteolytic pancreatic enzyme that passes through the gastrointestinal tract undergoing only limited degradation. ELISA tests to determine stool elastase concentrations have therefore been developed for the diagnosis of exocrine pancreatic ...
Frank Ulrich Weiss +2 more
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