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CLINICAL AND PARACLINICAL FEATURES AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDERS IN PREMATURE INFANTS WITH PERINATAL PATHOLOGY

open access: yesНеонатологія, хірургія та перинатальна медицина, 2023
Introduction. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the incidence of preterm birth is 10-15%, or about 15 million newborns worldwide, and this number is increasing. The highest incidence of morbidity and mortality is observed in infants born
Ю. Годованець   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can pancreatic steatosis affect exocrine functions of pancreas?

open access: yesThe Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2018
Background/Aims: Pancreatic steatosis (PS) is a generally used term to define accumulation of fat in the pancreas. In theory PS may be able to affect the exocrine function of pancreas.
Mustafa Tahtacı   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fecal Serine Protease Profiling in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020
Serine proteases are extensively known to play key roles in many physiological processes. However, their dysregulation is often associated to several diseases including inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Here, we used specific substrates to monitor fecal
Amin Jablaoui   +11 more
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Evaluation of malnutrition with blood ghrelin and fecal elastase levels in acute decompensated heart failure patients

open access: yesTürk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi, 2015
Objectives: Exocrine pancreatic dysfunction may contribute to malnutrition and lack of appetite in the advanced stages of heart failure. Nutritional assessment was carried out on patients diagnosed with mild or moderate/severe heart failure.
Mustafa Özcan   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Difference in the Faecal Elastase-1 Concentration between Resectable and Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer

open access: yesThe Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy, 2020
Background: In the pancreatic cancer can occur pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) that can be detected by measurement of fecal elastase-1 level. The aim of this study was to identify the proportion and the degree of PEI, proportion of steatorrhea in
Abdul Rahman M   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The applicability of acid steatocrit in cystic fibrosis infants [PDF]

open access: yesFarmacja Polska, 2020
Background: Steatorrhea, which is a consequence of pancreatic insufficiency, occurs in 85% of patients with cystic fibrosis. In clinical practice, fecal fat concentration is used to diagnose and monitor fecal fat losses.
Mirosława Filipiak-Wieczorek   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamics of Exocrine Function of the Pancreas in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis in Combination with Chronic Bronchitis due to Therapy with Magnesium Preparation

open access: yesGastroenterologìa, 2013
64 patients with chronic pancreatitis in combination with chronic bronchitis were examined. According to the results of fecal elastase test it is proved that inclusion of magnesium preparation into the comprehensive treatment improves exocrine function ...
N.B. Gubergrits, L.A. Yaroshenko
doaj   +1 more source

Elevated sweat chloride test: is it always cystic fibrosis?

open access: yesItalian Journal of Pediatrics, 2021
Background The sweat chloride test (ST) is the gold standard for cystic fibrosis (CF) diagnosis in symptomatic patients, within the newborn screening and in the follow-up of CF patients during molecular therapies.
C. Cimbalo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harmonizing Rigidity and Flexibility: Embedding COF Quantum Dots Into Extracellular Matrix Gel as Carbon Monoxide Depot for Acoustically Triggered Time‐Programmable Anti‐Infective Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A rigid‑flexible integrated CO depot is engineered by embedding rigid COFQDs into a flexible ECM gel network. The rigid framework enables high‑capacity CO storage and sonodynamic bacterial killing, while the flexible ECM gel controls sustained CO release, collectively eradicating multidrug‑resistant infection and promoting scarless healing.
Baohong Sun   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

A protease activity-based machine-learning approach as a complementary tool for conventional diagnosis of diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has no clinically accepted biomarkers even though it affects a large number of individuals worldwide. To address this lack of understanding, we evaluated peptidase activity in fecal samples from 35 patients with diarrheal ...
Kazuki Tanaka   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

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