Treatment of Severe Hypertriglyceridemia With Insulin Infusions in Severe COVID-19: A Case Series.
Caitlin M ThomasMartie VicentShawn MooreFahd AliLeslie WootenPatricia R LouzonPublished in: Journal of pharmacy practice (2021)
In addition to standard oral lipid lowering therapies, continuous insulin infusion successfully treated severe hypertriglyceridemia in critically ill COVID-19 patients. None of the patients experienced pancreatitis or hypoglycemia necessitating cessation of insulin. Further studies are needed to show the optimum dose and duration of insulin infusion as monotherapy and in combination with oral therapies.