Abstract:
:We assessed the diagnostic value of four commercially available methods for determining pancreatic lipase (LPS) in serum (the turbidimetric procedure from Boehringer, two enzymatic approaches from Kodak and Poli, and an immunochemical assay) in a population of 46 hospitalized patients with acute abdominal pain. In 31 cases (67.4%), the final diagnosis was acute pancreatitis. When evaluated by means of receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves, no significant differences were found among the procedures. Concerning clinical efficiency, all the assays had values equal to or greater than 90%. Using the calculation of the overlap index (OI) as a statistical approach to quantify the clinical utility of various LPS assays, the test having the greatest potential for differentiating between patients with and without acute pancreatitis was the turbidimetric assay (OI = 0.14).
journal_name
Clin Biochemjournal_title
Clinical biochemistryauthors
Panteghini M,Pagani F,Bonora R,Alebardi O,Ceriotti Fdoi
10.1016/s0009-9120(05)80009-8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-12-01 00:00:00pages
497-503issue
6eissn
0009-9120issn
1873-2933pii
S0009-9120(05)80009-8journal_volume
24pub_type
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更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
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