Early plasmapheresis in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia induced acute pancreatitis
| Autor: | George Alexander, Amitabh Kulkarni, Sudhish Sehra, Deven Juneja, Prashant Nasa, Rajesh Agarwal, Kandy Koul |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Hypertriglyceridemia
medicine.medical_specialty Severe hypertriglyceridemia Pediatrics plasmaphresis business.industry medicine.medical_treatment nutritional and metabolic diseases Case Report Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease Gastroenterology Coronary artery disease Internal medicine severe acute pancreatitits medicine Pancreatitis Acute pancreatitis lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Plasmapheresis In patient business |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine : Peer-reviewed, Official Publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1998-359X 0972-5229 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/0972-5229.162472 |
| Popis: | Hypertriglyceridemia can cause severe diseases such as acute pancreatitis (AP) and coronary artery disease. The routine management of hypertriglyceridemia is dietary restriction of fat and lipid-lowering medications to manage the secondary or precipitating causes of hypertriglyceridemia. However, in cases of AP with severe hypertriglyceridemia (SHTG) (triglycerides [TG] >1000 mg/dl) rapid reduction of TG levels to well below 1000 mg/dl can improve outcome and prevent further episodes of pancreatitis. Plasmapheresis is a therapeutic option in such medical emergencies. We discussed 2 cases of severe AP with SHTG where we used early plsmapheresis along with other supportive management. |
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