Critical pancreatitis management associated with hypertriglyceridemia in pregnancy in emergency service

Because of the variable clinical features of acute pancreatitis, it is difficult to make a differential diagnosis in patients presenting with abdominal pain in emergency departments. Acute pancreatitis due to severe hypertriglyceridemia during pregnancy is rare but due to the increased risk of maternal and fetal mortality, diagnosis and treatment options should be known and should be performed in the emergency department, which is the first admission site.In this case report, we present a 20-year-old woman with 19  weeks pregnant who presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain and whose biochemistry parameters were high enough to give lipemic stimulation was hospitalized in the emergency ıntensıve care unit (EICU) in the emergency department and lipid apheresis treatment was planned successfu lly.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Source Type: research