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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Diarrhea due to SARS-CoV-2-Related Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
Gastrointestinal symptoms, especially diarrhea, are common with novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infection. Angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE-2) receptors are heavily expressed in enterocytes and serve as entry receptors for SARS-CoV-2.
Harish K. Patel +3 more
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Microsurgical Technique of Simultaneous Pancreas/Kidney Transplantation in the Rat: Clinical Experience and Review of the Literature [PDF]
Background: For experimental basic research, standardized transplantation models reflecting technical and immunologic aspects are necessary. This article describes an experimental model of combined pancreas/kidney transplantation (PKTx) in detail ...
Bald, C. +8 more
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Ichthyosis, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, impaired neutrophil chemotaxis, growth retardation, and metaphyseal dysplasia (Shwachman syndrome). [PDF]
The Shwachman syndrome comprises exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, growth retardation, and bone marrow hypoplasia resulting in neutropenia. Clinical, morphological, and ultrastructural studies, as well as hair analysis, were performed in a patient with ...
Goeteyn, M. (M.) +4 more
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Infected Necrosis in Severe Pancreatitis - Combined Nonsurgical Multi-Drainage with Directed Transabdominal High-Volume Lavage in Critically Ill Patients [PDF]
Background: Infection of pancreatic necrosis is a life-threatening complication during the course of acute pancreatitis. In critically ill patients, surgical or extended endoscopic interventions are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Minimally
A. Meining +31 more
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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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Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in patients with chronic heart failure and its possible association with appetite loss. [PDF]
Appetite loss is one complication of chronic heart failure (CHF), and its association with pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) is not well investigated in CHF.We attempted to detect the association between PEI and CHF-induced appetite.Patients with ...
Tingting Xia, Xichen Chai, Jiaqing Shen
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This study develops a deep learning‐based pathomics model to predict survival outcomes in pancreatic cancer patients. The CrossFormer architecture analyzes routine H&E‐stained tissue slides, identifying key prognostic features including stromal patterns, cellular characteristics, and immune infiltration.
Qiangda Chen +22 more
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Chronic pancreatitis is a syndrome involving inflammation, fibrosis, and loss of acinar and islet cells which can manifest in unrelenting abdominal pain, malnutrition, and exocrine and endocrine insufficiency.
Angela Pham, Christopher Forsmark
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