Study of Fat Absorption after Gastric Surgery Using a Fatty Test Meal

Keynes, W. Milo; Chir, M.; Penfold, W. A. F.

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“…A Prosparol fat absorption test for malabsorption, by measuring the level of serum lipids after a fatty meal 20 29 30 , was found very suitable for geriatric patients. They were kept in bed for the period of examination to make it more comfortable for them and to make sure they did not take any meal or drink.…”

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Multiple Screening for Somatic Diseases among Long‐Term Psychogeriatric Patients

Brockbank

Brouckova

Giles

1978

Int J Clinical Practice

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Forty long-term psychogeriatric patients at Littlemore Hospital. Oxford, were subjected to multiple screening consisting of haematological examination, SMA, urine examination and a fat absorption test measuring the serum lipids after a fatty meal, which was found very suitable for geriatric patients. Some of the results were compared with those obtained by multiphasic screening for somatic diseases among elderly long-term psychiatric patients at Asgard Psychiatric Hospital, Norway. The normal values in the elderly are discussed. The authors are in doubt about the diagnostic and therapeutic value of regular screening in elderly patients, except for research purposes. They prefer individual examination, as and when required by the patient, to regular mass biochemical screening. They are also in favour of Polycythamia rubra vera Chronic respiratory diseases Dehydration with poor cerebral perfusion Chronic leukaemias (incl. thrombocytosis) Infection Metabolic/drug dyscrasias General Areas Covered Renal diseases (sec. hyperparathyroidism). Bone diseases Diabetes.

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“…‐ These were examined in all patients by LKB ***8.600 Reaction Rate Analyser. In those with serum triglycerides (TG) below 0.88 mmol/l the fat absorption test 30 measuring the peak rises in serum esterified fatty acid (SEFA) and TG 20 29 30 was carried out.…”

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Multiple Screening for Somatic Diseases among Long‐Term Psychogeriatric Patients

Brockbank

Brouckova

Giles

1978

Int J Clinical Practice

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Assessment of fat malabsorption.

Teh¹,

Stopard²,

Anderson³

et al. 1983

Journal of Clinical Pathology

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For the assessment of fat malabsorption, the standard method of measuring faecal fat excretion using a 5 day stool collection has been compared with the alternative methods: stool microscopy, a lipid tolerance test and a continuous marker technique for the estimation of fat content on a single stool sample. The lipid test, using an emulsion of arachis oil (Prosparol), was less reliable than had been expected with a sensitivity of 33% and a specificity of 45.4%. Stool microscopy using Oil Red O to stain fat globules had a sensitivity of 72.2% and a specificity of 95.4%. Fat estimation of a single stool sample using copper (1) thiocyanate showed a high correlation with that determined on a 5 day stool collection (p less than 0.001). It is concluded that lipid tolerance tests have little place in the estimation of fat absorption. In laboratories where faecal fats are not measured, microscopic examination of stool for fat globules provides a specific and relatively sensitive method for detecting steatorrhoea. The use of a continuous marker provides a method for assessing the degree of steatorrhoea on a single stool sample without the disadvantages of the conventional method of faecal fat analysis.

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Diagnosis of Fat Malabsorption by Breath Tests: Just a Breeze?

Keller¹

2009

Digestion

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Study of Fat Absorption after Gastric Surgery Using a Fatty Test Meal

Cited by 3 publications

References 18 publications

Multiple Screening for Somatic Diseases among Long‐Term Psychogeriatric Patients

Multiple Screening for Somatic Diseases among Long‐Term Psychogeriatric Patients

Assessment of fat malabsorption.

Diagnosis of Fat Malabsorption by Breath Tests: Just a Breeze?

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