Plasmapheresis as an adjuvant therapy for hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 328, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 290-294

  Iskandar, Said B ^a   Olive, Kenneth E ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertriglyceridemia; Pancreatitis; Plasmapheresis; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPRAZOLAM; AMLODIPINE; AMYLASE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CHYLOMICRON; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CREATININE; FENOFIBRATE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PANCREAS ENZYME; PAROXETINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DYSPNEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING;

EID: 8744220574     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200411000-00010     Document Type: Article

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