Key result
Proposed approach minimizes hypertriglyceridemia lab interference to achieve reliable testing in acute pancreatitis.
Why the study?
Diagnosis and laboratory monitoring of acute pancreatitis associated with hypertriglyceridemia are hampered by intense lipemia causing interference in laboratory analyses.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report proposes an approach to minimize laboratory interference caused by hypertriglyceridemia in patients with acute pancreatitis to achieve reliable test results.
May warrant lab protocol testing in hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Lipemia can be characterized by serum turbidity caused by accumulation of lipoproteins and is a major cause of interference in laboratory analyzes. Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is the third most common cause of acute pancreatitis (AP). Diagnosis and laboratory monitoring of AP associated with HTG are hampered by the intense lipemia associated. This case report proposes an approach to laboratory interference caused by HTG in patient diagnosed with AP and actions target at achieving reliable laboratory tests, free from interference and useful in clinical decision making.
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Souza et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Acute pancreatitis associated with hypertriglyceridemia (n=1). Procedures to minimize laboratory interference of hypertriglyceridemia was evaluated on Reliable laboratory tests free from interference. An approach to minimize laboratory interference caused by hypertriglyceridemia in a patient with acute pancreatitis was proposed to achieve reliable laboratory tests for clinical decision making.
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