Gastroenterology · UKMLA & AKT
Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Lipase is most clinically critical - irreversibly inactivated at low pH, no salivary/gastric backup - fat malabsorption dominates
- >90% of exocrine capacity must be lost before steatorrhoea appears - explains late presentation in chronic pancreatitis (typically 10-15 years into disease)
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