The easy way of evaluating exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in type 2 diabetes : listen to the patients' complaints and look in their eyes!

Aksoz Z., Akkan T., Beyan E., Dagdeviren M., Mete Yildirim A., Karadag I., ...More

Acta gastro-enterologica Belgica, vol.83, no.3, pp.407-412, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 83 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Journal Name: Acta gastro-enterologica Belgica
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.407-412
  • Keywords: exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, abdominal distention, abdominal pain, diabetic retinopathy, FECAL ELASTASE-1 CONCENTRATIONS, MELLITUS, PREVALENCE, ENDOCRINE
  • Inonu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background and Study Aims : The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) in diabetic patients, and to investigate whether there is a relationship between EPI and diabetes period, gastrointestinal complaints and other diabetic microvascular complications.