{"id":32884,"date":"2023-04-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/?p=32884"},"modified":"2023-04-18T23:39:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:39:20","slug":"lipase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/lipase\/","title":{"rendered":"Lipase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>About<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>the<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lipase is an enzyme secreted in the pancreas. It plays an important role in the break-down, transport and processing of food lipids.<\/p>\n<p>Lipase is usually measured along with amylase for the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. To a lesser extent, it is used for the diagnosis and follow up of other diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Crohn\u2019s disease and celiac sprue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sample<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venous blood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12 hour fasting prior to testing.<\/li>\n<li>Avoidance of alcohol consumption.<\/li>\n<li>Cessation of certain drugs (codeine, oral contraceptives)<\/li>\n<li>Water is allowed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venipuncture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Increased values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Acute pancreatitis<\/li>\n<li>Pancreatic cancer<\/li>\n<li>Renal disease<\/li>\n<li>Peptic ulcers<\/li>\n<li>Drugs (heparin, pain killers, opioids)<\/li>\n<li>Alcoholism<\/li>\n<li>Acute cholecystitis<\/li>\n<li>Peritonitis<\/li>\n<li>Diabetic ketoacidosis<\/li>\n<li>Severe hemolysis<\/li>\n<li>Transplant rejection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Decreased values<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Congenital lipase deficiency<\/li>\n<li>Chronic pancreatitis<\/li>\n<li>Cystic fibrosis<\/li>\n<li>Drugs (quinine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During pregnancy lipase levels may be slightly elevated.<\/p>\n<p>Lipase has a higher sensitivity and specificity than amylase.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lipase is an enzyme secreted in the pancreas. It plays an important role in the break-down, transport and processing of food lipids. Lipase is usually measured along with amylase for the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. To a lesser extent, it is used for the diagnosis and follow up of other diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Crohn\u2019s disease and celiac sprue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-list-of-exams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32884"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33492,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32884\/revisions\/33492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}