Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology
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Scand. J. Gastroenterol. · Oct 2001
Cellular markers of systemic inflammation and immune suppression in patients with organ failure due to severe acute pancreatitis.
Few data are available on cellular markers of systemic inflammation and immune suppression in early acute pancreatitis. The aim of this study was to describe the cellular immune inflammatory status of patients with acute pancreatitis in relation to development of organ failure. ⋯ Immune suppression develops early, rapidly and unexpectedly in patients with acute pancreatitis. Monitoring immune inflammatory status may provide the means by which to identify patients who benefit from biological response modifier therapy.
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Scand. J. Gastroenterol. · Oct 2001
Functional dyspepsia symptoms, gastric emptying and satiety provocative test: analysis of relationships.
The correlation between symptoms and observed impaired function in functional dyspepsia is still inconsistent. The aims of the study were to obtain a measure of satiety by a meal test; to verify whether this compares with severity of symptoms assessed using a reproducible questionnaire; and to correlate the parameters of satiety test and gastric emptying with all the dyspeptic symptoms. ⋯ The satiety test gives a fine numerical measure of satiety and confirms the results of a symptoms questionnaire. Our study showed an indirect correlation between severity of early satiety--as measured by the satiety test, and gastric emptying rate, as well as an association between bloating and delayed gastric emptying.