To diagnose and monitor acute and chronic pancreatitis or other conditions of the pancreas To monitor kidney dysfunction (test done along with urine creatinine). In case of kidney malfunction the ...

Physicians and laboratorians must work to reduce use of antiquated clinical laboratory tests. We selected 10 representative tests considered antiquated by most experts in the clinical laboratory ...

A literature search was carried out for this briefing in accordance with the interim process and methods statement. This briefing includes the most relevant or best available published evidence ...