The effect of intravenous insulin, apheresis and oral lipid-lowering agents on non-fasting hypertriglyceridemia and associated pancreatitis.

CONCLUSIONS: The presence of pancreatitis, hyperglycemia, and hypertriglyceridemia severity influenced selection of therapies like IV insulin and apheresis. We found no superiority of either IV insulin or apheresis in the treatment of severe hypertriglyceridemia among patients hospitalized for pancreatitis. PMID: 29702000 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Postgraduate Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Postgrad Med Source Type: research