title: [Diagnosis of pancreatic diseases from a clinical point of view (author's transl)].
abstract: Diagnosis of acute or chronic pancreatitis is based clinical symptoms as well as on laboratory, X-ray and sonographic findings. This review represents the present-day knowledge of diagnostic procedures in pancreatic diseases and especially that of laboratory methods. In chronic pancreatitis it can be decided by means of pancreatic function tests whether and to what extent exocrine and endocrine pancreatic function is impaired. In acute pancreatitis laboratory tests are necessary for the diagnosis and evaluation of the prognosis of the disease.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010186:Pancreatic Function Tests; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011379:Prognosis; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Diagnostik bei Pankreaserkrankungen aus der Sicht des Internisten.