Diagnostic difficulties with a lipaemic blood sample

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7738, 2010, Pages

  Brooks, Augustin M S ^a   Paisey, Richard B ^a   Waterson, Michael J ^a   Smith, Jamie C ^a  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CREATININE; INFUSION FLUID; INSULIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INFUSION; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; PANCREATITIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AMYLASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 74949104830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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