[Effect of a diet containing a protein enteral feeding formulation on pancreatic exocrine function in chronic...

Secretion of enzymes and bicarbonates in the duodenal aspirate was studied in 60 chronic pancreatitis patients with mild, moderate and severe course of the disease after secretin-pancreozymin stimulation. During 4 weeks the patients received two variants of diets: enpit (EP, enteral feeding formula) and diet 5P. The differences in the secretory response of the patients could be explained by the high quality of animal protein and by low content of fat in the diet with EP, that makes this diet more sparing and promotes the improvement of the clinical effect.