Using the literature to evaluate diagnostic tests: amylase or lipase for diagnosing acute pancreatitis?

J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 Apr;95(2):121-6. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.95.2.121.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amylases / blood*
  • Benchmarking*
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Diagnostic Tests, Routine / economics
  • Humans
  • Information Storage and Retrieval / methods*
  • Lipase / blood*
  • Medical Subject Headings
  • Pancreatitis / diagnosis*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Lipase
  • Amylases