Chronic pancreatitis: current status and challenges for prevention and treatment

D Lew, E Afghani, S Pandol - Digestive diseases and sciences, 2017 - Springer
This paper reviews the current status of our understanding of the epidemiology, diagnosis,
and management of the continuum of pancreatic diseases from acute and recurrent acute …

Potential for screening for pancreatic exocrine insufficiency using the fecal elastase-1 test

JE Domínguez-Muñoz, PD Hardt, MM Lerch… - Digestive diseases and …, 2017 - Springer
The early diagnosis of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) is hindered because many of
the functional diagnostic techniques used are expensive and require specialized facilities …

Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency as a complication of gastrointestinal surgery and the impact of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy

A Chaudhary, JE Domínguez-Muñoz, P Layer… - Digestive …, 2020 - karger.com
Background: Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) is characterized by inadequate
production, insufficient secretion, and/or inactivation of pancreatic enzymes, resulting in …

[HTML][HTML] Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy for pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in the 21st century

T Trang, J Chan, DY Graham - World journal of gastroenterology …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Restitution of normal fat absorption in exocrine pancreatic insufficiency remains an elusive
goal. Although many patients achieve satisfactory clinical results with enzyme therapy, few …

Understanding pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and replacement therapy in pancreatic cancer

S Powell-Brett, N de Liguori Carino… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) is highly prevalent in patients with pancreatic cancer,
and has substantial implications for quality of life and survival. Post resection, PEI is …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging in chronic pancreatitis: State of the art review

R Kamat, P Gupta, S Rana - Indian Journal of Radiology and …, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is an important gastrointestinal cause of morbidity worldwide. It
can severely impair the quality of life besides life-threatening acute and long-term …

Acute pancreatitis in elderly patients: a retrospective evaluation at hospital admission

G Losurdo, A Iannone, M Principi, M Barone… - European journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background and aims Acute pancreatitis (AP) in elderly may have an aggressive course due
to co-morbidity high rate and severe presentation. We retrospectively evaluated AP severity …

Apolipoprotein A2 isoforms associated with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in early chronic pancreatitis

S Futagami, S Agawa, K Nakamura… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aim Apolipoprotein A2 (apoA2) isoforms have been reported to
undergo the aberrant processing in pancreatic cancer and pancreatic risk populations …

Western diet-induced ultrastructural changes in mouse pancreatic acinar cells

S Lipovšek, J Dolenšek, B Dariš… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Mouse models of diet-induced type 2 diabetes mellitus provide powerful tools for studying
the structural and physiological changes that are related to the disease progression. In this …

Malabsorption blood test: assessing fat absorption in patients with cystic fibrosis and pancreatic insufficiency

MR Mascarenhas, J Mondick, JS Barrett… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The malabsorption blood test (MBT), consisting of pentadecanoic acid (PA), a free fatty acid,
and triheptadecanoic acid (THA), a triglyceride that requires pancreatic lipase for absorption …