Should serum pancreatic lipase replace serum amylase as a biomarker of acute pancreatitis?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 399-404

  Smith, Ross C ^a,b   Southwell Keely, James ^a   Chesher, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amylase; Diagnostic accuracy; Lipase; Pancreatitis; Receiver operator characteristic curve; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; PANCREAS ENZYME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMYLASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; LIPASE; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21244456853     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03391.x     Document Type: Article

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