The use of the atropine test in patients with duodenal peptic ulcer

Results of the studies made showed that among the examined patients who took part in the elimination of the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident, a positive atropin test was recordable in 38 (63%), a negative one in 16 (27%), weakly positive in 6(10%). In the control group of patients with duodenal ulcer a positive atropin test was in 73%, a negative one in 9%, and weakly positive in 18%. The difference between the frequency of a negative atropin test in the main and control groups was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The results obtained attest to the need for the atropin test to be done in patients with duodenal ulcer to prescribe pathogenetically substantiated therapy treatments tailored to the individual.