Effect of somatostatin infusion on jejunal water and electrolyte transport in a patient with secretory diarrhea due to malignant carcinoid syndrome

Glenn R. Davis, Roger C. Camp, Philip Raskin, Guenter J. Krejs

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Abstract

The effect of intravenous somatostatin infusion was investigated in a patient with severe secretory diarrhea due to malignant carcinoid syndrome. Continuous somatostatin infusion for 48 hr (4 μg/kg/hr) reduced stool volume from 2.2 to 0.7 liters/day. Intestinal perfusion studies before intravenous somatostatin infusion revealed decreased water and sodium absorption and jejunal chloride secretion. Somatostatin infusion for 2 hr (8 μg/kg/hr) reversed chloride secretion to absorption and markedly enhanced water and sodium absorption. These results suggest that somatostatin inhibited a secretory component of water and ion movement in the small bowel of the patient with malignant carcinoid syndrome.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)346-349
Number of pages4
JournalGastroenterology
Volume78
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1980

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hepatology
  • Gastroenterology

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