During prolonged fasting, the absence of enteric stimulation might lead to pancreatic hypofunction or atrophy. The ahility of the pancreas to respond to exogenous secretagogues following fasting in ...

If a patient presents with nausea and epigastric pain, the cause may well be acute pancreatitis. Here is how the condition is diagnosed and treated. Pancreatitis has a unique pathologic mechanism ...

The incidence of pancreatitis ranges from 1 in 1,066 live births [30] to 1 in 3,333 pregnancies. [31] The most common predisposing cause of pancreatic symptoms during pregnancy is cholelithiasis (i.e.

Drug-induced acute pancreatitis has been reported as a possible side effect of more than 160 drugs. Drug-induced acute pancreatitis (DIP) has been reported as a possible side effect of more than 160 ...

THERE have been several recent investigations of blood proteolytic enzymes in patients with pancreatic disease. Both amidase and esterase reactions have been studied by the hydrolysis of synthetic ...

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Patricia A. Cowan, PhD; Mona N. Wicks, PhD; Teresa C. Rutland, MSN, FNP; Judith Ammons, MSN, FNP; Donna K. Hathaway, PhD Prevention of rejection is a primary goal of care of the pancreas transplant ...

THE management of the patient with recurrent pancreatitis is controversial. It will probably continue to be so until there is a better understanding of the underlying causative mechanisms. Of the ...

Critical Path Institute (C-Path) today announced that the Biomarker Qualification Program (BQP) at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...