Eliminating Amylase Testing from the Evaluation of Pancreatitis in the Emergency Department
Background: Alterations in serum biomarkers have been used to evaluate for pancreatitis in the emergency department (ED). Studies have shown lipase to be as sensitive and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatitis and that amylase plus lipase does not improve accuracy over lipase alone.Ob...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2010-09-01
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| Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1vm1t9px |