You are assessing a patient newly admitted with chronic pancreatitis. What would you anticipate potential dysfunction of?
A) Pancreatic islet cells
B) Peristalsis
C) Decrease in biliary stenosis
D) Large bowel absorption
Ans: A
Feedback: For the patient with chronic pancreatitis, nonsurgical management of diabetes mellitus resulting from dysfunction of the pancreatic islet cells is treated with diet, insulin, or oral antidiabetic agents. You would not anticipate potential dysfunction of peristalsis or large bowel absorption. There would be an increase in biliary stenosis rather than a decrease.
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