At a glance
| Analyte | Lipase |
|---|---|
| Also called | LIP, Serum lipase |
| Method | Enzymatic colorimetric |
| Sample type | Serum, Plasma |
| Panel | Pancreatitis |
| Discipline | Clinical chemistry |
| Brand | Mindray |
What Lipase measures
Lipase breaks down dietary fat and comes almost entirely from the pancreas, which gives it two clear advantages over amylase in suspected pancreatitis. It is not raised by salivary gland disease, so it produces fewer misleading elevations from a source outside the abdomen, and it stays elevated for several days after the onset of illness rather than falling back within a couple of them. A patient who reaches the laboratory late, which is common, may therefore have a normal amylase and a clearly raised lipase. The two are ordered together where both are available, and lipase is generally the one given more weight when they disagree.
How Philippine laboratories run it
Lipase runs at noticeably lower volume than amylase in Philippine laboratories, because many still offer amylase as the routine pancreatic test and add lipase only when specifically requested. That gap is worth reviewing rather than simply supplying, since the clinical case for reporting both is strong and the late-presentation scenario the lipase covers is common in practice. Laboratories deciding whether to add it should look at how many of their pancreatitis requests arrive more than forty-eight hours after the onset of pain.
Analyzers it runs on
Calibrator, controls and companion tests
Delivered with its calibrator, both control levels and the rest of the pancreatitis panel, on the same schedule as Lipase.
Storage and handling
Refrigerated and kept closed when off the analyzer.
Buying Lipase in the Philippines
Lipase is supplied for the BS-600M, BS-430, BS-360E, BS-240Pro, BS-230 and BA-88A. We deliver it with Multi-Sera Calibrator and Chemistry Control Level 1, because a run held up waiting on a separate order costs the same shift a stock-out does. Delivery is scheduled against your monthly Lipase count, so the bench is not rationing tests in the last week of the month. How we plan clinical chemistry supply.
Questions about Lipase
Should we report lipase as well as amylase?
Where you can, yes. Lipase is more specific to the pancreas and stays raised for several days, so it catches patients who present late and whose amylase has already returned to normal. Reporting both gives the clinician a more reliable picture than either alone, and where the two disagree the lipase is generally the more informative result.
Order Lipase
Tell us your monthly Lipase volume and we will quote a supply schedule for BS-600M. We reply within one business day.
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