Objective: There are no recommendations on how to proceed in patients with increased pancreatic enzyme activities but non-pancreatic diseases. The objective of this study was to investigate prospectively in a general medical hospital the incidence, causes and clinical impact of hyperamylasaemia and/or hyperlipasaemia in these patients.
Material And Methods: During a 4-month period in 2004, amylase and lipase activities were measured in all patients (n, 1765) admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine of the Municipal Clinic of Lüneburg, Germany.