Amylase testing for abdominal pain and suspected acute pancreatitis

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 366-368

  Barbieri, John S ^a   Riggio, Jeffrey M ^a   Jaffe, Rebecca ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; APACHE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ACUTE DISEASE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PANCREATITIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; AMYLASES; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 84966277480     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2544     Document Type: Article

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