Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Patients Undergoing First-Line Gemcitabine Plus nab-paclitaxel for Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma [PDF]
BackgroundThe clinical consequences of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and its treatment in advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are poorly investigated.
Ilaria Trestini +16 more
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Gut microbiome as a response marker for pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy in a porcine model of exocrine pancreas insufficiency [PDF]
Background Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is characterized by the loss of active pancreatic enzymes and a resulting severely reduced food digestion. EPI therapy requires orally applied pancreatic enzyme replacement. The gut microbiome is a known
Sabrina Ritz +5 more
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Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy can improve infection level nutrition condition and prognosis of patients with sepsis [PDF]
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effects of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) on infection level, nutrition condition and prognosis of patients with sepsis.
Li Zhao, Sheng Wang
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Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy in hyperglycemic Male Rats
The study was designed to evaluated exocrine pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy in hyperglycemic male rats induced by alloxan. A total of forty five adult male rats were use in this study, hyperglycemia was induce in thirty rats by single ...
Muhammad Ali Hameed Jalil +1 more
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Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy in subjects with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and diabetes mellitus: a real-life, case–control study [PDF]
Background Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) can be associated with all types of diabetes. Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) has short and long-term benefits in subjects with EPI, but its effects on diabetes control are uncertain.
Laure Alexandre-Heymann +4 more
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The effectiveness of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy for malabsorption in advanced pancreatic cancer, a pilot study [PDF]
Advanced adenocarcinoma of the pancreas has a globally poor prognosis. One of the characteristic features of pancreatic cancer (PC) is pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI).
Amanda Landers +2 more
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This review presents current updates of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy in children with cystic fibrosis based on literature published in the last decade and some special considerations regarding pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy in the era of ...
Mirela-Elena Ritivoiu +7 more
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AGA-PancreasFest Joint Symposium on Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is a clinically defined syndrome based on the physician’s assessment of a patient’s maldigestion. However, current clinical definitions are inadequate in determining (1) the threshold of reduced pancreatic ...
David C. Whitcomb +10 more
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Erythrocytes as Carriers of Therapeutic Enzymes. [PDF]
Therapeutic enzymes are administered for the treatment of a wide variety of diseases. They exert their effects through binding with a high affinity and specificity to disease-causing substrates to catalyze their conversion to a non-noxious product, to ...
Bax, BE
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Management of chronic pancreatitis
Chronic pancreatitis is a chronic inflammatory disorder in which irreversible changes result in fibrosis leading to endocrine and exocrine insufficiency.
Manu Tandan, Mahiboob Sayyed
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