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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Gastroenterol. 2017 Nov-Dec;51(10):907–913. doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000827

Table 2.

Atlanta criteria for diagnosing acute pancreatitis23, 28.

Requires at least two of three criteria:
1. Abdominal pain suggestive of, or compatible with, acute pancreatitis (e.g. acute onset, especially in the epigastric region)
2. Serum amylase or lipase level at least 3 times greater than the upper limit of normal
3. Imaging findings characteristic of, or compatible with, acute pancreatitis (eg. using U/S, CECT, MRI/MRCP, EUS)

U/S, ultrasound; CECT, contrast-enhanced computer tomography; MRI/MRCP, magnetic resonance imaging/magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; EUS, endoscopic ultrasound.