title: Immunoreactive secretin release in patients after duodenectomy and partial or total pancreatectomy.
abstract: Seven patients were investigated 8--22 months after duodenectomy and pancreatectomy for chronic pancreatitis or cancer. Seven other patients, admitted for minor surgery, served as controls. 40 ml 100 mmol/l HCl was infused over 5 min into the jejunum 10 cm beyond the gastrojejunal stoma in the duodenectomized patients and 10 cm beyond the pylorus in the controls. Plasma immunoreactive secretin (IRS) increased from 3.0 +/- 0.8 pmol/l (mean +/- S.E.M.) to 9.8 +/- 0.5 pmol/l (p less than 0.01) in the duodenectomized patients. In the controls the increase was significantly higher than in the patients (p less than 0.01)--from 1.5 +/- 0.3 pmol/l to 19.5 +/- 3.3 pmol/l (p less than 0.01). The study shows that the jejunum is able to release IRS after acid infusion in duodenectomized patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000601:surgery; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D012633:Secretin / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012633:Secretin; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid