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OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to elucidate the clinical characteristics of alcoholic-hyperlipidemic etiologically complex acute pancreatitis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We reviewed complete data from 233 patients with acute pancr...
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to elucidate the clinical characteristics of alcoholic-hyperlipidemic etiologically complex acute pancreatitis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We reviewed complete data from 233 patients with acute pancreatitis treated in our hospital during the period January 2017-January 2022. They were divided into three groups according to etiology: alcoholic acute pancreatitis (AAP), hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis (HLAP), and alcoholic-hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis (AHAP). General clinical data, co-morbidities, laboratory results, imaging data, and disease severity were analyzed and compared between groups. RESULTS: The proportion of male individuals in the AHAP group was significantly higher than that in the HLAP group (p0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The clinical characteristics of patients in the AHAP, AAP and HLAP groups were different, and the patients in the AHAP group were more likely to have a moderate to severe disease course, with longer hospital stay. As a new AP classification concept, AHAP would offer high significance for diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
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Hypertriglyceridemia (hyperTG) is a common form of dyslipidemia and is frequently associated with premature coronary disease, and when severe, recurrent events of pancreatitis may occur. The management of hyperTG is generally medi...
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Hypertriglyceridemia (hyperTG) is a common form of dyslipidemia and is frequently associated with premature coronary disease, and when severe, recurrent events of pancreatitis may occur. The management of hyperTG is generally medical (life style modification, medications). Plasma exchange (PE) has been reported to be useful in emergency situations particularly when acute pancreatitis results from extreme hyperTG. To our knowledge, there is only one report on long-term use of PE for hyperTG. We here report our results of long-term treatment of hyperTG in 6 patients with Frederickson Type V hyperlipidemia who had recurrent attacks of pancreatitis due to hyperTG refractory to medical therapy. PE was performed from one to eight times a month, mostly using a Cobe Spectra apparatus. In total, our center has performed a total of 1,593 PE sessions for hyperTG. There were no safety issues associated with PE for hyperTG other than occasional access problems (clotted fistula, IV access problems). Determination of plasma TG levels before and after PE demonstrated high efficiency of TG removal (42% to 58% reduction). There was marked clinical improvement in recurrent pancreatitis; patients had a major decrease in episodes (39% to 100%) while on regular PE, as long as they adhered to the treatment schedule. We conclude that long-term PE for hyperTG, while costly, is feasible and safe and may reduce recurrent attacks of pancreatitis.
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Hypertriglyceridemia (hyperTG) is a common form of dyslipidemia and is frequently associated with premature coronary disease, and when severe, recurrent events of pancreatitis may occur. The management of hyperTG is generally medi...
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Hypertriglyceridemia (hyperTG) is a common form of dyslipidemia and is frequently associated with premature coronary disease, and when severe, recurrent events of pancreatitis may occur. The management of hyperTG is generally medical (life style modification, medications). Plasma exchange (PE) has been reported to be useful in emergency situations particularly when acute pancreatitis results from extreme hyperTG. To our knowledge, there is only one report on long-term use of PE for hyperTG. We here report our results of long-term treatment of hyperTG in 6 patients with Frederickson Type V hyperlipidemia who had recurrent attacks of pancreatitis due to hyperTG refractory to medical therapy. PE was performed from one to eight times a month, mostly using a Cobe Spectra apparatus. In total, our center has performed a total of 1,593 PE sessions for hyperTG. There were no safety issues associated with PE for hyperTG other than occasional access problems (clotted fistula, IV access problems). Determination of plasma TG levels before and after PE demonstrated high efficiency of TG removal (42% to 58% reduction). There was marked clinical improvement in recurrent pancreatitis; patients had a major decrease in episodes (39% to 100%) while on regular PE, as long as they adhered to the treatment schedule. We conclude that long-term PE for hyperTG, while costly, is feasible and safe and may reduce recurrent attacks of pancreatitis.
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Background/objectives: To investigate risk for acute pancreatitis related to moderately elevated triglycerides, cholesterol and fasting glucose. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study in Malm?, Sweden of 33 346 subjects inve...
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Background/objectives: To investigate risk for acute pancreatitis related to moderately elevated triglycerides, cholesterol and fasting glucose. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study in Malm?, Sweden of 33 346 subjects investigated 1974 e1992 and followed until December 31, 2006. Baseline investigation included a self-administered questionnaire and analysis of serum triglycerides, cholesterol and fasting glucose. Cases of acute pancreatitis (n = 277, median time since baseline investigation 15.6 years) were identified in diagnosis registries and validated retrospectively. Attacks were classified as obstructive or non obstructive (alcohol or non alcohol related). Cox proportional hazards analysis was used to calculate hazard ratios (HR) for acute pancreatitis related to relevant risk factors, adjusting for age, sex, smoking habits and alcohol consumption. Results: Triglycerides were associated with overall, non obstructive and non obstructive non alcohol related acute pancreatitis with adjusted HRs of 1.21 (95% confidence interval (CI), 1.07e1.36), 1.23 (95% CI, 1.06e2.43) and 1.34 (95% CI, 1.11e1.62) per 1 mmol/l increment, respectively. Corresponding HRs for forth versus first quartile of triglycerides were 1.55 (95% CI, 1.09e2.21), 1.60 (95% CI, 1.60e1.01e1.35) and 2.07 (95% CI, 1.13e3.79). Triglycerides were not associated with obstructive acute pancreatitis and there were no associations between glucose or cholesterol and the risk of acute pancreatitis. Conclusions: We found an association between prediagnostic levels of triglycerides and risk for acute pancreatitis. This association was most pronounced in the non obstructive non alcohol related group. Our findings suggest that triglycerides may be a more important risk factor for acute pancreatitis than what has previously been estimated.
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Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a progressive systemic inflammatory response with high morbidity and high mortality, which is mainly caused by alcohol, bulimia, gallstones and hyperlipidemia. The early diagnosis of different types of A...
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Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a progressive systemic inflammatory response with high morbidity and high mortality, which is mainly caused by alcohol, bulimia, gallstones and hyperlipidemia. The early diagnosis of different types of AP and further explore potential pathophysiological mechanism of each type of AP is beneficial for optimized treatment strategies and better patient's care. In this study, a metabolomics approach based on gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and random forests algorithm was established to distinguish biliary acute pancreatitis (BAP), Hyperlipidemia acute pancreatitis (HLAP), and alcoholic acute pancreatitis (AAP), from healthy controls. The classification accuracies for BAP, HLAP, and AAP patients compared with healthy control, were 0.886, 0.906 and 0.857, respectively, by using 5-fold cross-validation method. And some special metabolites for each type of AP were discovered, such as L-Lactic acid, (R)-3-Hydroxybutyric acid, Phosphoric acid, Glycine, Erythronic acid, L-Phenylalanine, D-Galactose, L-Tyrosine, Arachidonic acid, Glycerol 1-hexadecanoate. Furthermore, associations between these metabolites with the metabolism of amino acids, fatty acids were identified. Our studies have illuminated the biomarkers and physiological mechanism of disease in a clinical setting, which suggested that metabolomics is a valuable tool for identifying the molecular mechanisms that are involved in the etiology of BAP, AAP, HLAP and thus novel therapeutic targets. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of IAP and EPC.
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of microRNA (miRNA)-372 in the serum of patients with hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis (HTGAP), and its clinical significance. Patients with a serum lipid concentrati...
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of microRNA (miRNA)-372 in the serum of patients with hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis (HTGAP), and its clinical significance. Patients with a serum lipid concentration >= 11.3 or 5.65-11.3 mmol/l with chylous serum were included in group A (n=40). The remaining patients did not have HTGAP and were included in group B (B). A further 25 patients with hyperlipidemia, but not AP (group C), and 30 healthy volunteers (group D) were recruited as controls. The level of miR-372 in the serum of group A (4.76 +/- 2.60) was significantly increased compared with groups B (0.98 +/- 0.80), C (0.85 +/- 0.62) and D (0.76 +/- 0.44); however, there was no significant difference in the expression of miR-372 between groups B, C and D. The expression level of miR-372 was significantly increased in the severe HTGAP group (6.45 +/- 2.20) compared with the mild HTGAP group (3.08 +/- 1.74). Further experiments suggested that the expression level of miR-372 was positively correlated with the level of triacylglycerol (r=0.666; P 0.05). ROC analysis indicated that the combined use of miR-372 expression levels and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scoring improved the diagnostic value for HTGAP. In summary, the expression of miR-372 in HTGAP was significantly upregulated and increased with the severity of the disease. The results of the present study may provide a novel strategy for the diagnosis and severity assessment of HTGAP in the clinic.
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of microRNA (miRNA)-372 in the serum of patients with hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis (HTGAP), and its clinical significance. Patients with a serum lipid concentrati...
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of microRNA (miRNA)-372 in the serum of patients with hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis (HTGAP), and its clinical significance. Patients with a serum lipid concentration >= 11.3 or 5.65-11.3 mmol/l with chylous serum were included in group A (n=40). The remaining patients did not have HTGAP and were included in group B (B). A further 25 patients with hyperlipidemia, but not AP (group C), and 30 healthy volunteers (group D) were recruited as controls. The level of miR-372 in the serum of group A (4.76 +/- 2.60) was significantly increased compared with groups B (0.98 +/- 0.80), C (0.85 +/- 0.62) and D (0.76 +/- 0.44); however, there was no significant difference in the expression of miR-372 between groups B, C and D. The expression level of miR-372 was significantly increased in the severe HTGAP group (6.45 +/- 2.20) compared with the mild HTGAP group (3.08 +/- 1.74). Further experiments suggested that the expression level of miR-372 was positively correlated with the level of triacylglycerol (r=0.666; P 0.05). ROC analysis indicated that the combined use of miR-372 expression levels and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scoring improved the diagnostic value for HTGAP. In summary, the expression of miR-372 in HTGAP was significantly upregulated and increased with the severity of the disease. The results of the present study may provide a novel strategy for the diagnosis and severity assessment of HTGAP in the clinic.
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The aim of this study is to investigate whether hemodiafiltration combined with resin-mediated absorption is a better therapy for hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis. Patients (n = 67) with acute pancreatitis treated in ICU from Jan...
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The aim of this study is to investigate whether hemodiafiltration combined with resin-mediated absorption is a better therapy for hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis. Patients (n = 67) with acute pancreatitis treated in ICU from January 2009 to December 2012 were included in this study. Seven of these 67 cases were diagnosed hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis (HLAP). All the 7 HLAP patients went through fast, gastrointestinal decompression, anti-shock treatment, inhibition of pancreatic secretion, antiseptic treatments, and hemoperfusion (HP) combined with continuous veno venous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF). After one round of treatment by resin adsorption, there was a significant decrease in serum triglycerides (TG) (29.78 %) and total cholesterol (TC) (24.02 %) levels (p < 0.01). TG and TC levels dropped by 49.02 and 37.66 %, respectively, after 1-day treatment of HP + CVVHDF; by 62.81 and 47.37 % on day 2 post-treatment; and by 69.57 and 49.47 % on day 3 post-treatment. All the 7 patients survived. The average time spent in the ICU was 7 ± 3.8 days, and the average duration of hospitalization was 19 ± 15.1 days. Our results show that hemoperfusion combined with hemodiafiltration is an efficient treatment as this approach can reduce plasma lipid levels effectively and reduce the risk of acute pancreatitis due to hyperlipidemia.
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The present study aimed to investigate early risk factors for hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis (HLAP) in order to open up novel routes for its prevention and treatment. Demographics, laboratory data obtained within 48 h, enhanced...
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The present study aimed to investigate early risk factors for hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis (HLAP) in order to open up novel routes for its prevention and treatment. Demographics, laboratory data obtained within 48 h, enhanced computed tomography (CT) imaging data and the modified CT severity index (MCTSI) for 111 patients with HLAP who were assessed at Ordos Central Hospital (Ordos, China) between January 2015 and October 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. Of these, 17 patients progressed to infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) and 14 patients progressed to organ failure (OF), the occurrence of which were the study outcomes. The patients were divided into pairs groups: IPN and non-IPN, as well as OF and non-OF, and differences between the groups were determined regarding various clinicopathological parameters. Furthermore, univariate and multivariate regression analyses were performed to identify parameters associated with the risk of progression to IPN or OP. On univariate analysis, the following parameters were deemed as being significantly associated with the risk of IPN: Serum calcium ions, C-reactive protein (CRP), extent of necrosis, procalcitonin (PTC) and the MCTSI. Furthermore, calcium ions, red cell distribution width (RDW), extent of necrosis and the MCTSI were significantly associated with the risk of OF on univariate analysis. Multivariate logistic regression analysis for these parameters then indicated that CRP (P=0.014), RDW (P=0.025) and the extent of necrosis (P=0.022) were significant and independent predictors of progression; thus, these are early risk factors for patients with HLAP. Receiver operating characteristic curves were generated to evaluate the predictive value of these factors, and the area under the curve for the three parameters was 0.863 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.646-0.886], 0.727 (95% CI, 0.651-0.803) and 0.833 (95% CI, 0.739-0.936), respectively. Therefore, CRP, RDW and the extent of necrosis are early predictive indexes for the risk of progression in HLAP.
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Severe hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is a well established and the most common cause of acute pancreatitis (AP) after alcohol and gall stone disease. It is alleged to account for up to 10% of all pancreatitis episodes. Studies sugges...
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Severe hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is a well established and the most common cause of acute pancreatitis (AP) after alcohol and gall stone disease. It is alleged to account for up to 10% of all pancreatitis episodes. Studies suggest that in patients with triglyceride (TG) levels > 1000 mg/dL (> 11.3 mmol/L), hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis (HTGP-AP) occurs in approximately 15-20% of all subjects referred to Lipid Clinics. Until now, there is no clear evidence which patients with severe HTG will develop pancreatitis and which will not. Underlying pathophysiological concepts include hydrolysis of TG by pancreatic lipase and excessive formation of free fatty acids with inflammatory changes and capillary injury. Additionally hyperviscosity and ischemia may play a decisive role. The clinical features of HTG-AP patients are supposed to be no different from patients with AP of other etiologies. Yet, there are well-conducted studies suggesting that HTG-AP is associated with a higher severity and complication rate. Therapeutic measurements in HTG-AP include dietary modifications, different antihyperlipidemic agents, insulin and/or heparin treatment. The beneficial use of plasmapheresis is repeatedly reported and suggested in many studies. Yet, due to the lack of randomized and controlled trials, it is currently unknown if plasmapheresis may improve morbidity and mortality in the clinical setting of HTG-AP. Since there are no commonly accepted clinical guidelines in the management of HTG-AP, there is a definite need for an international, multicenter approach to this important subject.
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