A patient in acute pain is admitted with pancreatitis. The nurse sees a laboratory report showing an elevation that is diagnostic for acute pancreatitis, which is:
1. serum bilirubin.
2. serum calcium.
3. serum lipids.
4. serum amylase.
4
Serum amylase is the most significant of the diagnostic findings.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
REF: 825, Diagnostic Tests and Procedures table OBJ: 1
TOP: Pancreatitis KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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