Retrospective analysis of outcomes in patients with acute hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis treated without therapeutic plasma exchange.

Bailey HutchisonJulia CollinsRobert S Makar'Sunny' Walter Dzik

Published in: Transfusion (2020)

HTGP patients who do not receive TPE do not experience inferior outcomes compared to patients in the literature treated with TPE. The added value of TPE in HTGP, if any exists, needs to be demonstrated in controlled trials.

Keyphrases

newly diagnosed
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
systematic review
prognostic factors
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
glycemic control