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A Case of very Severe Hypertriglyceridemia during Pregnancy

Ensar Aydemir(ULUDAG UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLIC DISEASES)0000-0001-8519-784X
Satı Burcu Çetin(ULUDAG UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE)0000-0003-3760-6017
Yasemin Aydoğan Ünsal(ULUDAG UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLIC DISEASES)0000-0002-1566-3099
Coşkun Ateş(ULUDAG UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLIC DISEASES)0000-0003-4565-9848
Soner Cander(ULUDAG UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLIC DISEASES)0000-0001-6303-7896
Özen Öz Gül(ULUDAG UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLIC DISEASES)0000-0002-1332-4165
Erdinç Ertürk(ULUDAG UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLIC DISEASES)0000-0003-2399-6608
Canan Ersoy(ULUDAG UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLIC DISEASES)0000-0003-4510-6282
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2021-03-07
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Here we report the management of a 28-year-old pregnant woman with very severe HTG with the data in the literature.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Severe hypertriglyceridemia is defined as serum triglyceride levels of 1000 mg/dL and more.
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Key Findings & Data:Acute pancreatitis and fetal losses can be observed in association with severely high triglyceride levels during pregnancy.
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Conclusion & Impact:Here we report the management of a 28-year-old pregnant woman with very severe HTG with the data in the literature.
🔬Design:Case Report
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⚙️Variables:Severe Hypertriglyceridemia · Pregnancy · Pancreatitis

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Severe hypertriglyceridemia is defined as serum triglyceride levels of 1000 mg/dL and more. Acute pancreatitis and fetal losses can be observed in association with severely high triglyceride levels during pregnancy. Here we report the management of a 28-year-old pregnant woman with very severe HTG with the data in the literature.

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Aydemir, E., Çetin, S. B., Ünsal, Y. A., Ateş, C., Cander, S., Gül, Ö. Ö., Ertürk, E., Ersoy, C. (2021). A Case of very Severe Hypertriglyceridemia during Pregnancy. Turkish Journal of Internal Medicine, Volume: 3 Issue: Supplement 1 Special Issue. https://doi.org/10.46310/tjim.882279

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