The Prevalence of Simultaneously Ordering Amylase and Lipase for Diagnosing Pancreatitis.

Bader Alyahya Abdulaziz Alalshaikh Abdulaziz Altaweel Gadah Alsaleh Abdullah F AlSaeed Haneen Somily Taif Alotaibi Mohammed Alageel Abdulaziz Al Mehlisi Fahad Abuguyan Fawaz Altuwaijri Zohair A Al Aseri

Published in: Emergency medicine international (2023)

Serum amylase and lipase were co-ordered for about 17.4% of pancreatitis diagnostic tests, all of which were unnecessary. Eliminating serum amylase testing for any patient who receives a test of their lipase levels would exert a significant impact on institutional costs and savings.

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