Test/Investigation
Amylase
Site(s) or Laboratory offering Test/Investigation
NNUH, QEH, JPUH
Units
U/L
Comments/Precautions
Raised in acute pancreatitis
Sample type
Serum
Turnaround times (TAT) Urgent/Routine/GP or OPD
1 hour / 4 hour / by 8am next day
Reference intervals (adult unless stated)
Adults >19 years 28 – 100U/L
Paediatric ranges:
0 to < 15 days 3 – 10 U/L
15 days to < 13 wks 2 – 22 U/L
13 wks to < 1 yr 3 – 50 U/L
1 to < 19 yrs 25 – 101 U/L
If UKAS Accredited Test indicate at which site
Y NNUH, QEH
Source
Abbott Alinity kit insert [G93320R01] Paediatric ranges: CALIPER (Adeli, K., Higgins, V., Trajcevski, K., White-Al Habeeb, N. (2017). The Canadian laboratory initiative on pediatric reference intervals: A CALIPER white paper. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci, 54(6):358-413. doi: 10.1080/10408363.2017.1379945. Epub 2017 Oct 11. Erratum in: Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci. 2020 Mar;57(2):145. PMID: 29017389.)