elastase/vomiting

A 20-year-old man on oral substitution of pancreatic enzymes after hemipancreatectomy injected an enzyme preparation of fungal origin intravenously after dissolving it in water. Within a few hours chills, headache, nausea and vomiting, fever of 40.8 degrees C, and shock occurred. The acute illness

In patients with eating disorders, we evaluated pancreatic abnormalities using serum elastase 1 measurement by RIA and the 50 g oral glucose tolerance test (50 g OGTT). Twenty-one patients had anorexia nervosa (AN) with bulimia and vomiting (AN-B group), 30 had AN without bulimia or vomiting (AN-R

A 30-year-old man presented with a 6- month history of nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. This was associated with 25 kg weight loss and a right-sided abdominal colic. He had been provisionally diagnosed with Crohn's disease 6 months back and treated with budesonide and mesalazine. Investigations

Clinically acute pancreatitis is characterized by severe abdominal pain and systemic symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting and circulatory shock. In most cases the diagnosis is verified, and differential diagnoses are excluded, by elevated serum enzyme activities as well as characteristic findings in

We report a case of acute pancreatitis with diabetic ketoacidosis associated with increased serum myoglobin concentration, acute renal failure, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. A 49-year-old man suffering from diarrhea, vomiting, and somnolence was admitted to the hospital. He had had

Chronic hemofiltration (HF) is now a well-established method, especially for elderly uremic patients and those suffering from cardiovascular problems. This is due to the fact that chronic HF offers superior treatment comfort with less hypotensive episodes, vomiting, muscle cramps and febrile

It has been demonstrated that the traditional Chinese medicine rikkunshito, ameliorates anorexia in several types of human cancer and attenuates lung injury by inhibiting neutrophil infiltration. The current study investigated the clinical and hematological effects of rikkunshito and its underlying