Screening for acute pancreatitis: a rapid assay for plasma lipase.
A simple agglutination test for plasma immunoreactive lipase has been evaluated in 101 patients. A positive agglutination reaction was observed if, and only if, plasma lipase exceeded 300 micrograms/l. The test was positive in all 23 patients with acute pancreatitis who were tested on the day of admission to hospital, in one patient with a pancreatitic pseudocyst and in one patient with hyperamylasaemia and hyperlipasaemia due to a perforated duodenal ulcer. The simplicity and reliability of this test make it suitable as an urgent diagnostic investigation for acute pancreatitis.
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Mayer
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McMahon
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Holdsworth
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Wilson
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Flowers
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Brown
D000208:Acute Disease; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests / Q000379:methods; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008049:Lipase / Q000097:blood*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013997:Time Factors
D008049:Lipase; D000681:Amylases