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Effects upon the Pancreas of Disease in Various Organs and Systems

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Pathology of the Pancreas

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It seems likely that a certain amount of functional disturbance of the pancreas will occur during almost any severe illness, especially when there is fever, bacteraemia or toxaemia, but studies of pancreatic function are usually irrelevant and unjustified in the diagnosis and treatment of such diseases. During scarlet fever, for example, Veghelyi (1949) demonstrated an increased concentration of pancreatic enzymes in the pancreatic juice and a rise in the pancreatic enzymes in the blood during the first days of the illness. This was followed, after the first week, by a fall in the activity of the pancreatic enzymes in the duodenal juice and a marked increase in the blood levels of these enzymes, with a return to normality during the fourth week. In illnesses in which shock has occurred, or if there has been hypothermia, the effects upon the pancreas may be very marked. These effects are discussed in the chapter on pancreatitis.

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Cruickshank, A.H., Benbow, E.W. (1995). Effects upon the Pancreas of Disease in Various Organs and Systems. In: Pathology of the Pancreas. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3005-5_4

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