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Explanation / Answer

13.3
1. Ans-
Abdominal pain is the important symptoms of pancreatitis. Since the woman has abdominal pain, weakness and loss of appetite. Therefore, the laboratory test should be used to diagnosis this patient include blood tests and CT scan or ultrasound scan of the stomach.
2. Ans-
Serum amylase is the best enzyme test for diagnosing this patient.
3. Ans-
The two important diagnoses are:
A.   Serum amylase test- It is the most useful test for diagnosing this patient. Pancreatitis patient has usually an increase amylase level in the blood.
B.   Serum lipase test- Acute pancreatitis always increase the lipase level in the blood.