January 1, 2017Health and Primary CareOpen Access

Severe hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis in young female managed with plasmapharesis. A case report

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Why the study?

Does plasmapheresis improve outcomes in a patient with severe hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis?

Structured PICO

Does plasmapheresis improve outcomes in a patient with severe hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis?

Population

22-year-old female, nonalcoholic, non-diabetic, non-obese, with negative history for gallstones or significant drug use, diagnosed with hypertriglyceridemic acute pancreatitis associated with acute kidney injury

Intervention

8 sessions of plasmapheresis with full dose of hypolipidemics (after 1 session of hemodialysis)

Outcome

Clinical response and reduction of triglyceride levels

Plasmapheresis can be an effective treatment for severe hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis when standard therapies are insufficient.

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Implication

Case report of HTG-AP; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.

Cite This Study

Khalifa et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7125e6fe4101aa97e073f4 https://doi.org/10.15761/hpc.1000124

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Severe hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis in young female managed with plasmapharesis. A case report

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Severe hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis in young female managed with plasmapharesis. A case report

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Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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