Management of hypertriglyceridemia induced acute pancreatitis and therapeutic plasmapheresis : Report of nine cases and review of literature

• Published in: Acta gastro-enterologica belgica Vol. 80; no. 1; p. 71
• Main Authors: Uyar, S, Harmandar, F, Kök, M, Taș, Z, Dolu, S, Tokuç, A, Köker, G, Görar, S, Çekin, A H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Belgium 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; Female; Humans; Hypertriglyceridemia - complications; Hypertriglyceridemia - therapy; Male; Middle Aged; Pancreatitis - etiology; Pancreatitis - therapy; Plasmapheresis

Hypertriglyceridemia is one of the rare causes of the acute pancreatitis. The prevalance of hypertriglyceridemia has increased recently due to the changing eating habits, sedentary lifestyle, alcohol consumption, obesity and concomitant diabetes mellitus. Therefore, the frequency of the acute pancre...