For a client that had a recent diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis and is undergoing diagnostic testing to determine pancreatic islet cell function. The nurse should anticipate a Glucose tolerance test.
Chronic pancreatitis is a progressive inflammatory disorder that causes irreversible destruction of exocrine and endocrine pancreatic parenchyma caused by loss of tissue or replacement with fibrotic tissue and its symptoms include diabetes mellitus, malabsorption, and abdominal pain.
The glucose tolerance test is used to check how the body moves sugar from the blood into tissues like muscle and fat, this test is usually used to diagnose diabetes since chronic pancreatitis also causes diabetes it is used as a positive indicator.
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