Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a branch of rehabilitation medicine/Physical Therapy dealing with optimizing physical function in patients with cardiac disease or recent cardiac surgeries. CR services can be provided during hospitalization for the event or in an outpatient setting.
Pepsin is the active protein-digesting enzyme of the stomach. Pepsin acts on protein molecules by breaking the peptide bonds that hold the molecules together. Digestion of protein is completed in the small intestine by the pancreatic enzymes trypsin, chymotrypsin, and carboxypeptidase. These enzymes also get some help from the brush border enzymes found in the small intestine.
Although no protein digestion occurs within your pancreas, this organ is essential in the digestion process. Your pancreas secretes a bicarbonate-containing buffer that serves to neutralize your gastric contents as they move out of your stomach and into your small intestine.rotein digestion occurs in the duodenum, while absorption takes place in the ileum and the jejunum. Health issues affecting any portion of your small intestine may impact your ability to digest and absorb dietary proteins.