Open AccessThe role and importance of biochemical markers in diagnosis of alcoholic acute pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Snežana Tešić-Rajković,
Biljana Radovanović-Dinić,
Tatjana Jevtović-Stoimenov
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns1204152t
Subject(s) - medicine , acute pancreatitis , pancreatitis , gastroenterology , intensive care medicine
Alcoholic acute pancreatitis occurs in 10% of alcoholics, who take more than 80 g alcohol daily. Different biochemical markers are used to diagnose acute pancreatitis, and some of them may help in establishing etiology of acute pancreatitis.