point of care trypsinogen test for diagnosis of acute pancreatitis

Last reviewed 01/2018

  • point-of-care urine trypsinogen test for the diagnosis of pancreatitis in the emergency department (1):

    • sensitivity and specificity of urine trypsinogen for acute pancreatitis was examined in a small study and was, respectively, 100% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 77% to 100%) and 96% (95% CI = 92% to 98%)

    • authors concluded that urine trypsinogen screening test for pancreatitis compared favorably with plasma lipase and amylase levels

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