Pancreatic function
Pancreatic Elastase Quick
A rapid point-of-care test for pancreatic elastase-1 — a marker of exocrine pancreatic function.
Clinical use
Screens for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency at the point of care, guiding who needs enzyme replacement or further work-up.
Highlights
- Read at exactly 5 minutes. Note the logic is inverted: a pink test line means elastase 1 is present and function is NORMAL; no test line indicates insufficiency
- 93% sensitivity, 93% specificity (Löser et al., 1996), and it correlates with the invasive secretin-pancreozymin gold standard