Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Severe Hypertriglyceridemia: Management of Severe Hypertriglyceridemia in Emergency Setting

Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is the third most common cause of acute pancreatitis (AP). The incidence of AP is around 10-20% with levels > 2,000 mg/dL. We present here a case of a 44-year-old male with history of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and HTG admitted with severe abdominal pain. Labs revea...

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Autores principales: Chaudhary, Ahmad, Iqbal, Umair, Anwar, Hafsa, Siddiqui, Hafiz Umair, Alvi, Madiha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5505285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725307
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/gr762e

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5505285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725307
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/gr762e

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