A review of biomarker utilization in the diagnosis and management of acute pancreatitis reveals amylase ordering is favored in patients requiring laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

CONCLUSIONS: Amylase measurement was not necessary in the diagnosis and management of 88% of patients with acute pancreatitis. Of patients for whom amylase was ordered, it was common for these patients to be those referred to surgical procedures, possibly because amylase normalization may be documented faster than that of lipase. PMID: 31899279 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31899279?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinical Biochemistry - December 30, 2019 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Furey C, Buxbaum J, Chambliss AB Tags: Clin Biochem Source Type: research