Very severe hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis can be managed with intravenous fluids, subcutaneous insulin, statins, and fibrates as an alternative to therapeutic plasma exchange.
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Conservative management may be feasible in extreme hypertriglyceridemia pancreatitis; hypothesis-generating and leaves open comparative efficacy versus plasma exchange.
Bajaj et al. (2019) studied this question.
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