The use of serum Amylase as a predictive factor for mortality in Perforated Duodenal Ulcer

serum amylase occurs in cases of perforated peptic ulcer partly as a result of increase leakage of pancreatic enzymes rich fluid from the perforation site with subsequent absorption by peritoneal lymphatics & partly due to damage of pancreases by digestive enzymes that spilled through the perfo...

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Main Authors: Tawfiq J. Al-Marzooq, Ragad E. Naji, Ali K. Al-Majidi, Yaser Abbas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine University of Baghdad 2016-01-01
Series:مجلة كلية الطب
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Online Access:http://iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/article/view/393