[The function of the digestive processes in the stomach and small intestine in complicated peptic ulcer].

On the basis of investigations designed to study the condition of intragastric proteolysis and membrane digestion in the small intestine in 148 patients it has been found out that peptic ulcer is accompanied by enhancement of digestive processes in the stomach and by decrease thereof in the small intestine. With the development of peptic ulcer complications digestive disorders get aggravated, which fact leads to various manifestations of the enteral syndrome. A conclusion has been reached that study into intragastric proteolysis and membrane digestion can be useful in the objective evaluation of the activity and degree of severity of the ulcerous process as well as in the functional assessment of results of the treatments administered.