METHOD FOR ASSESSMENT OF INTESTINAL LOSS FOLLOWING GASTRECTOMY Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC A61B10/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to gastroenterology. It involves clinical judgment of a digestive-transport function; the observed clinical manifestations are scored by the Table "Score-Scale System for Assessment of Intestinal Loss Appearing from Gastrectomy" presented in the description, and the derived scores are summed up. Feces are examined for the concentration of short chain fatty acids (SCFA). If total score of the observed clinical manifestations is 1 to 9 points, and the concentration of SCFA is 7 to 10 %, a mild degree of intestinal loss is diagnosed; if total score of the observed clinical manifestations is 10-20 points, and the concentration of SCFA is 4 to 6 %, a moderate degree of intestinal loss is diagnosed; while total score of the observed clinical manifestations exceeds 20 points, and the concentration of SCFA is up to 4 % and less, a severe degree of intestinal loss is diagnosed.

EFFECT: method presents more accurate assessment of intestinal loss following gastrectomy.

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