Young woman with symptoms concerning for acute pancreatitis (severe epigastric pain radiating to the back with nausea/vomiting)
Key idea: Measurement of serum amylase/lipase preferable to CT scan in setting of clinical pancreatitis (severe epigastric pain radiating to the back) because there can be a delay in the appearance of imaging findings
Diagnosis of acute pancreatitis requires 2/3: (1) Acute epigastric pain radiating to the back (2) Increased serum amylase or lipase to at least 3X upper limit of normal (3) Characteristic imaging findings
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