vitamin-b-12 and Ascites

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Ascites; Bed Rest; Bloodletting; Child; Child, Preschool; Cholestyramine Resin; Dietary Fats; Dietary Proteins; Diuretics; Energy Intake; Female; Hemochromatosis; Hepatic Encephalopathy; Hepatolenticular Degeneration; Humans; Lactulose; Liver Cirrhosis; Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary; Male; Middle Aged; Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists; Penicillamine; Potassium; Vitamin B 12

New tests and test methods aid in the diagnosis of pancreatic disorders. Pancreatic carcinoma, especially, may have an improved prognosis with earlier detection as a result of refinements in arteriography, cytology, pancreatic radioisotopic scanning, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Acute pancreatitis results most commonly from alcoholism, biliary tract disease, and trauma. Management is directed primarily at decreasing pancreatic exocrine secretion. Surgery is usually best avoided in the acute phase. Chronic pancreatitis is most often a result of recurrent attacks of acute pancreatitis. Diabetes and malassimilation become manifest as pancreatic destruction progresses. Management consists of replacement of pancreatic enzymes and diet supplements. Once chronic pancreatitis is established, surgery can only be directed at complications of the disease. Pancreatic ascites is usually associated with a break in the pancreatic ductal system. Ascites caused by trauma responds well to surgical intervention, but the alcoholic type is less amenable to treatment.

Topics: Acute Disease; Alcoholism; Antacids; Ascites; Carcinoembryonic Antigen; Cholangiography; Chronic Disease; Cysts; Diabetes Mellitus; Diet Therapy; Endoscopy; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage; Humans; Metabolic Diseases; Methionine; Pancreatic Diseases; Pancreatic Juice; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Pancreatin; Pancreatitis; Prognosis; Selenium; Ultrasonics; Vitamin B 12

Topics: Ascites; Ascitic Fluid; Ascorbic Acid; Biotin; Folic Acid; Humans; Nicotinic Acids; Pantothenic Acid; Pyridoxine; Riboflavin; Solubility; Thiamine; Time Factors; Vitamin A; Vitamin B 12; Vitamin B Complex; Vitamin E; Vitamins; Water

Topics: Aged; Ascites; Ascitic Fluid; Female; Humans; Hyperthyroidism; Thyroxine; Vitamin B 12

Topics: Animals; Ascites; Biochemical Phenomena; Biochemistry; Blood; Chromatography; Cobalt Isotopes; Guinea Pigs; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Ileum; Intestinal Absorption; Intrinsic Factor; Mice; Research; Sarcoma 180; Stomach; Tissue Extracts; Vitamin B 12; Zirconium

Topics: Animals; Ascites; Benzimidazoles; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor; Clostridium; Cobamides; Intrinsic Factor; Lactobacillus; Metabolism; Mice; Pharmacology; Research; Tissue Culture Techniques; Vitamin B 12

Topics: Ascites; Blood Protein Electrophoresis; Cortisone; Folic Acid; Glutamates; Hematinics; Humans; Immunoelectrophoresis; Liver Cirrhosis; Thioctic Acid; Vitamin B 12; Vitamin B Complex

Topics: Ascites; Biochemical Phenomena; Humans; Vitamin B 12