Publications by authors named "Clement G Darkwah"
Pract Lab Med
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- Enteric fever (EF) and acute pancreatitis (AP) can both show elevated serum lipase and amylase, complicating diagnosis and treatment delays in patients, especially in developing countries.
- A cross-sectional study compared biochemical markers in patients with EF, AP, and healthy controls at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana, using blood and stool samples for analysis.
- Results indicated that AP patients had significantly higher levels of total amylase, lipase, and elastase-1 compared to those with EF, suggesting that elastase-1 could be a reliable biomarker to differentiate between the two conditions.
