Key result
Severe hypertriglyceridemia requires aggressive medical therapy, including pharmacologic agents, dietary restriction, and occasionally intravenous insulin or therapeutic plasma exchange.
Population
Patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia (serum triglycerides > 1000 mg/dL) in the hospital setting
Design
Review
Authors
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May inform inpatient management of severe hypertriglyceridemia; leaves open optimal therapy sequencing pending randomized trials.
This review outlines the hospital management of severe hypertriglyceridemia, emphasizing the need for aggressive medical therapy, dietary restriction, and potentially intravenous insulin or plasma exchange to prevent pancreatitis.
Schaefer et al. (2011) conducted a review in Severe hypertriglyceridemia. Management strategies (pharmacologic agents, dietary restriction, IV insulin, plasma exchange) was evaluated. Severe hypertriglyceridemia requires aggressive medical therapy, including pharmacologic agents, dietary restriction, and occasionally intravenous insulin or therapeutic plasma exchange.
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