The most important laboratory sign is elevation of the serum amylase, which is nearly always high in the early stages of severe attacks but returns to normal as the attack regresses. Mild attacks ...

Serum amylase levels are not affected. An intrapancreatic abscess requires pancreatectomy. Eighteen months after SPK transplantation, a patient presented with elevated serum amylase and lipase ...

Serum amylase may double or triple with rejection; however, an elevated serum amylase level may also indicate pancreatitis. In PTA or PAK transplantation with bladder drainage, a decline in the ...