title: Comparative study of serum amylase and lipase in acute pancreatitis patients.
abstract: To establish utility of single enzymatic marker for the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. This is a cohort study. Tertiary care centre proven cases of acute pancreatitis (n = 50) admitted in surgery ward between December 2011 and May 2013 were included in the study. Serum amylase and lipase were performed along with many analytes. All relevant data including serum lab values and imaging were collected. All 50 patients included in the study had raised serum lipase, 42 patients had both amylase and lipase raised, 8 patients had amylase normal but lipase raised. In smaller hospitals where limited lab and radiological facilities are available, estimation of serum lipase will be a better choice over serum amylase in diagnosis of acute pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Biochemistry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, 411040 Maharashtra India.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Batra
authors.affiliation: Dept of Biochemistry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, 411040 Maharashtra India.
authors.forename: Ashwini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Dept of Biochemistry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, 411040 Maharashtra India.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.affiliation: Dept of Biochemistry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, 411040 Maharashtra India.
authors.forename: Pratibha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.affiliation: Dept of Biochemistry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, 411040 Maharashtra India.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ambade
keywords: Amylase; Comparative study; Correlation; Lipase