TY - JOUR T1 - Serum amylase and acute pancreatitis JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 550 LP - 551 DO - 10.1136/emj.20.6.550 VL - 20 IS - 6 AU - John Butler AU - Damian Bates Y1 - 2003/11/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/20/6/550.abstract N2 - A short cut review was carried out to establish whether a normal serum amylase value rules out the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. Altogether 191 papers were found using the reported search, of which four presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated. A clinical bottom line is stated. ER -