Projects / Programmes
Diagnostic and prognostic markers and treatment of acute pancreatitis
Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
3.07.00 |
Medical sciences |
Metabolic and hormonal disorders |
|
Code |
Science |
Field |
B550 |
Biomedical sciences |
Gastro-enterology |
acute pancreatitis - diagnostic markers, acute pancreatitis - prognostic markers, acute pancreatitis - treatment, cathepsin B, cathepsin H
Researchers (7)
no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
1. |
10066 |
PhD Borut Kocijančič |
Medical sciences |
Researcher |
1998 - 1999 |
77 |
2. |
17903 |
Gorazd Kolar |
Metabolic and hormonal disorders |
Researcher |
1998 - 1999 |
12 |
3. |
04648 |
PhD Janko Kos |
Biotechnical sciences |
Researcher |
1998 - 1999 |
1,159 |
4. |
06394 |
Marta Krašovec |
Pharmacy |
Researcher |
1998 - 1999 |
83 |
5. |
01546 |
PhD Igor Križman |
Medical sciences |
Head |
1998 - 1999 |
144 |
6. |
08054 |
PhD Janja Polanec |
Microbiology and immunology |
Researcher |
1998 - 1999 |
30 |
7. |
10067 |
MSc Srečko Štepec |
Metabolic and hormonal disorders |
Researcher |
1998 - 1999 |
89 |
Organisations (2)
Abstract
The objective of our study was to assess the value of pancreatitis-associated protein (PAP) markers for the clinical diagnosis and prognosis of acute pancreatitis. The method has not proved suitable for differentiating between severe and mild forms of pancreatitis. Since patients with severe acute pancreatitis are admitted to several medical institutions in Ljubljana, including the Peter Derzaj Hospital, ICU and Department of Gastroenterology,
University Medical Centre Ljubljana, we failed to collect sera from an adequate number of such patients. Despite the insufficient information provided by our study other research groups have confirmed our thesis that PAP markers have only a limited value in clinical practice.
The implementation of another important study investigating the penetration of antibiotics in the necrotic tissue of the pancreas was not possible because of technical problems: we failed to carry out routine endoscopic collection of pancreatic juice and US-guided biopsies.
We still need to address the issue of cathepsin measurements in patients with acute pancreatitis. Cathepsin determinations done on a sufficiently large series of patients with severe acute pancreatitis would provide important information warranting publication in the world literature. This study would be completed in the year 1999.