[Biochemical indicators of the nutritional status of the body in various diseases of the digestive system]. / Wskazniki biochemiczne okreslajace stan odzywienia organizmu czlowieka w niektórych przewleklych chorobach ukladu trawienia.

In 45 patients with chronic digestive tract diseases (gastric and/or duodenal peptic ulcer, cholecystolithiasis, conditions after gastrectomy and cholecystectomy) the biochemical parameters serving as indicators of the nutritional status of the organism (Hb, Bc, Fe, Ca, alkaline phosphatase) were determined. In the group with postgastrectomy syndrome the serum calcium level was decreased. The other parameters were normal in all groups of patients.