TY  - JOUR
T1  - HYpertriglyceridemia and acute pancreatitis
AU  - Murphy MJ, Sheng X, MacDonald TM, Wei L
Y1  - 2013/01/28
N1  - 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.477
JO  - JAMA Internal Medicine
SP  - 162
EP  - 164
VL  - 173
IS  - 2
N2  - 
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is common and potentially serious.1 Common causes are gallstones and alcohol abuse; other causes include medications, common bile duct obstruction, trauma, and hypertriglyceridemia.2 Although the association between hypertriglyceridemia and AP is well established, estimates of risk are based on case series and studies of high-risk groups.3- 5 The risk of AP from hypertriglyceridemia in the general population is not well characterized. We report results from a cohort study using record-linkage methods to estimate the risk and relative burden of AP in patients with differing degrees of hypertriglyceridemia.

SN  - 2168-6106
M3  - doi: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.477
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.477
ER  -