Dear All
A 17-year-old lady was admitted to our HDU with DKA
last week end. She had abdominal pain and her serum
amylase was elevated at 1483 IU/L (16 - 108). This is
too high for DKA associated hyperamylasaemia and I
would certainly consider acute pancreatitis either
causing the DKA or coincidental with it. The admission
sample was certainly grossly lipaemic which raises the
possibility of hypertriglycerdiamia induced acute
pancreatitis. My question is, what are amylase levels
that can be attributed to DKA only and what is the
cause of this elevation in the absence of acute
pancreatitis?
thanks
Mohammad
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Dr. M A Al-Jubouri
Consultant Chemical Pathologist
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