Purpose: To use ratios of chemistry tests to aid in the diagnosis of pancreatic disease.			Citations with documentation. 11.01.01to.03	Sriram & Svirbely 1997
conversion	enter
creatinine in µmol/L		µmol/L equals	0	mg/dL
ALT in µKat/L		µKat/L equals	0	U/L
amylase in µKat/L		µKat/L equals	0	U/L
lipase in µKat/L		µKat/L equals	0	U/L
data	enter
serum lipase in U/L		U/L
serum lipase, upper limit of normal in U/L		U/L
serum amylase in U/L		U/L
serum amylase, upper limit of normal in U/L		U/L
serum creatinine in mg/dL		mg/dL
serum creatinine, upper limit of normal, in mg/dL		mg/dL
peak serum ALT in U/L		U/L
serum ALT, upper limit of normal in U/L		U/L
calculate	results
data complete?	Yes
lipase as multiple of upper limit of normal	5.0
which indicates:	pancreatitis very likely
amylase as multiple of upper limit of normal	3.3
	:-):-):-)
lipase-to-amylase ratio	1.50
which suggests:	not alcoholic pancreatitis
creatinine as multiple of upper limit of normal	0.9
:-):-):-)	:-):-):-)
ALT as multiple of upper limit of normal	4.0