Raised serum amylase in patients with COVID-19 may not be associated with pancreatitis | Zendy

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Raised serum amylase in patients with COVID-19 may not be associated with pancreatitis

Author(s) -

Jonny Stephens,

Joyce Wong,

R. Broomhead,

Richard Stümpfle,

U. Waheed,

P. Patel,

Stephen J. Brett,

Sanooj Soni

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

british journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.202

H-Index - 201

eISSN - 1365-2168

pISSN - 0007-1323

DOI - 10.1093/bjs/znaa168

Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatitis , covid-19 , acute pancreatitis , incidence (geometry) , gastroenterology , amylase , intensive care medicine , pathology , enzyme , disease , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , optics

A high incidence of pancreatitis in COVID-19 has been reported. Although a high proportion of critically unwell patients with COVID-19 have raised serum amylase levels, this does not necessarily reflect acute pancreatitis or a clinically important pancreatic injury.

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