Post-procedure serum amylase or lipase levels predict post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis: a meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies and utility assessment.
Morihisa HirotaTakao ItoiToshio MorizaneAkinobu KoiwaiIchiro YasudaShomei RyozawaShuntaro MukaiTsukasa IkeuraAtsushi IrisawaEisuke IwasakiAkio KatanumaKatsuya KitamuraMamoru TakenakaTetsuhide ItoAtsushi MasamuneToshihiko MayumiYoshifumi TakeyamaPublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2023)
Despite a high risk of bias due to various reference standards, this updated meta-analysis and the utility assessment by a decision tree showed utility of serum amylase or lipase levels more than 3 times ULN measured 2 to 4 hours after ERCP for predicting PEP.