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- Title
Hypercholesterolemia, as a Predictor Factor of Severe Acute Pancreatitis.
- Authors
Socea, Bogdan; Bolocan, Alexandra; Bratu, Ovidiu Gabriel; Paduraru, Dan Nicolae; Diaconu, Camelia Cristina; Constantin, Vlad Denis
- Abstract
Dyslipidemia constitutes a well-known factor that can lead to acute pancreatitis. Hypertrigliceridemia and hypercholesterolemia are part of dyslipidemia. In a prospecitve study, we analyzed the role of hypercholesterolemia in triggering episodes of acute pancreatitis and the capacity of cholesterol blood level to predict the severity and the evolution of acute pancreatitis. In our prospective study, a preexistent cholesterol blood level above 240 mg/dl proved to be a trigger for pancreatitis and an increasing cholesterol level in evolution predicts a pancreatitis with organ failure (moderately-severe or severe).
- Subjects
DYSLIPIDEMIA; PANCREATITIS; HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA; BLOOD cholesterol; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
Medicina Moderna, 2018, Vol 25, Issue 4, p219
- ISSN
1223-0472
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31689/rmm.2018.25.4.219