POSTOPERATIVE apathy, lethargy, anorexia, weakness, abdominal distention and hypochloremia constitute a syndrome that has been described by such terms as "pancreatic asthenia"1 and "la maladie post ...

The co-existence of intracellular potassium deficit and metabolic alkalosis has been demonstrated both experimentally and clinically by Darrow and his co-workers, 26,27 who have observed that in ...