Diabetic Ketoacidosis-induced Hypertriglyceridemic Acute Pancreatitis Treated with Plasmapheresis—Recipe for Biochemical Disaster Management

نویسندگان

  • Abhishek Seth
  • Saurabh Rajpal
  • Taru Saigal
  • John Bienvenu
  • Ankur Sheth
  • Jonathan S Alexander
  • Moheb Boktor
  • Kenneth Manas
  • James D Morris
  • Paul A Jordan
چکیده

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)-induced hypertriglyceridemia causing pancreatitis is an interesting phenomenon that has rarely been reported in literature. Plasmapharesis is a well known treatment modality for hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis. We report a patient with DKA-induced hypertriglyceridemic acute pancreatitis treated successfully with plasmapharesis.

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دوره 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014