amylase/edema

Acute pancreatitis was produced in rats by a combination of dyschylic edema and short-term ischemia of the pancreas. The incidence of acute pancreatitis, reflected by peri- and extra-pancreatic fat necrosis, was found to be dependent on the duration of ischemia. Under most conditions there were no

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of localized irrigation with epinephrine saline after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). METHODS One hundred and fourteen patients who underwent ERCP in our institute were treated with or without irrigation using epinephrine diluted in saline

Previously we reported that prior administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) mitigates subsequently produced cerulein (Cn) pancreatitis. To clarify the mechanism further, the pathological features of Cn pancreatitis were examined in detail after treating rats with very low doses of LPS. LPS

Since oxygen free radicals and lipid peroxidation have been implicated in the pathogenesis of an early stage of acute pancreatitis, we examined whether melatonin, a recently discovered free-radical scavenger, could attenuate pancreatic injury in Sprague-Dawley rats with cerulein-induced

Mumps virus infection primarily affects the salivary glands and may incur various complications. Laryngeal edema is such a rare complication that few adult cases have been reported. We report the first known pediatric patient with mumps with laryngeal edema. An 8-year-old boy developed dyspnea after

A 28-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with acute pulmonary edema, mild abdominal discomfort and hyperamylasemia. From the 2nd hospital day hypertensive episodes occurred daily. The furosemide screening test for renovascular hypertension revealed elevated plasma renin activity (PRA) but an

The association of serum amylase activity with the extent of pancreatic injury in acute pancreatitis is unclear. To clarify this relationship, we induced acute pancreatitis ranging from mild to lethal in 118 Sprague-Dawley rats (350-450 g). This was achieved by controlled intraductal infusion of

Scavengers of toxic oxygen reduction products have been reported to reduce the inflammatory reaction in some models of pancreatitis. In a blinded study, the effect of parenteral pretreatment with superoxide dismutase plus catalase was compared with placebo on pancreatitis induced in rats by infusion

Acute pancreatitis (AP) was induced on 22 cats, by injecting the mixture of bile and trypsin at different doses into the main pancreatic duct (MPD). In Group A, 7 cats revealed pancreatic interstitial edema after the injection of the mixture at 0.8 mg/kg. In Group B, 8 cats received the injection of

OBJECTIVE Adenosine has been shown to modulate various pathophysiologic conditions through receptor-mediated mechanisms. However, the role of adenosine in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis has not been described. We examined the effect of adenosine-receptor stimulation or inhibition on the

We studied the behavior of serum amylase and lipase in 66 consecutive patients with acute pancreatitis in order to assess the ability of these tests and of the serum lipase-amylase ratio to establish the etiology and predict the severity of acute pancreatitis. Forty-two patients had biliary acute

The effect of an acute gastral ethanol application and an additional induction of a pancreatic juice edema by an obstruction/hyperstimulation mechanism was studied in rats. Neither ethanol administration nor the combination of ductal obstruction and secretory stimulation resulted in an acute

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) on alveolar-capillary barrier disruption and lung edema in rat models of severe acute pancreatitis-associated lung injury (PALI). A total of 40 male Sprague-Dawley rats

A 4-month-old boy presented with 9 days of abdominal distension. The abdomen was tense, distended, and nontender, with a fluid wave. Hypoalbuminemia, hyponatremia, high lipase, normal amylase, high ascitic fluid: lipase, amylase, and serum-ascites albumin gradient < 1.1 were present. Abdominal CT