Population
Patients with hypertriglyceridemia at risk for or presenting with acute pancreatitis
Design
Review
Authors
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Reinforces TG lowering targets in severe hypertriglyceridemia; leaves open prospective validation of risk thresholds.
Hypertriglyceridemia is a significant cause of acute pancreatitis, with risk increasing at higher triglyceride levels, and management focuses on lowering triglycerides to ≤500 mg/dL to prevent recurrences.
Scherer et al. (2013) studied this question.
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