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What % of chronic or acute pancreatitis shows elevated lipase or amylase?
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Acute tests: A 1998 study found that 100% of patients with acute pancreatitis had an elevated lipase, and 95% had an elevated amylase directly upon admission to the hospital. As their hospitalization continued, those values dropped off and so the tests would be less useful for diagnosis.
Answered 6/26/2014
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