RT Journal
A1 Cole RP
T1 HEparin treatment for severe hypertriglyceridemia in diabetic ketoacidosis
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2009
FD August 10
VO 169
IS 15
SP 1439
OP 1441
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.221
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.221
AB In a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis complicated by severe elevation of plasma triglyceride concentrations, treatment with low-level intravenous unfractionated heparin led to prompt reduction in plasma triglyceride concentration and may have prevented the development of hypertriglyceridemia-associated acute pancreatitis. This article reviews the rationale for this treatment and surveys prior publications using heparin in this and similar settings.