[Chronic pancreatitis--rational diagnosis and therapy. Which procedures are relevant for general practice?].
Chronic pancreatitis is characterized clinically by recurrent or persistent abdominal pain, as well as exocrine, and possibly also endocrine, pancreatic insufficiency. The diagnosis is established with the aid of imaging procedures and the investigation of pancreatic function. Treatment comprises pain amelioration, possibly also applying endoscopic and surgical measures, and the treatment of exocrine and endocrine insufficiency.
Lankisch
Paul Georg
PG
Klinik für Allgemeine Innere Medizin, Städtisches Klinikum Lüneburg. paulgeorg.lankisch@klinikum-luneburg.de
Lübbers
Heiko
H
Mahlke
Reiner
R
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D010188:Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010186:Pancreatic Function Tests; D019512:Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D015431:Weight Loss