[Diagnostic and prognostic significance of urinary amylase in acute biliary pancreatitis].

The diagnostic significance of amylasuria in the early period of an acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP) course was estimated in 70 patients. High sensitivity of the test during 3 days of the disease course was ascertained as well as a lack of specificity of the criterion concerning differential diagnosis with an acute cholecystitis. The interrelationship between the enzyme activity and lethality was not revealed. It is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of the amylasuria diagnostic-prognostical significance while substantiation of diagnostic program and the treatment tactics for ABP.