Insulin Dose and Hospitalary Stay in Patient with Acute Pancreatitis by Hypertriglyceridemia
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The aim of the study is do correlation between the insulin total dose and the hospitalary stay.We included all patients with acute pancreatitis by hypertriglyceridemia that were ad mitted in our hospital since 2008 to 2012. The informat ion was recollected fro m the clin ical archive. The inclusion criterion was considered a concentration of serum triglycerides greater than 1000mg/dl. We excluded patients with another causes of acute pancreatitis. The subjects were categorized by insulin dose (low, med iu m, high).Acute pancreatitis was more co mmon in men with in the fourth decade of life, and has risk factor of alcoholis m and smoking. The severity scales shown that acute pancreatitis by hypertriglyceridemia was milder than other causes of pancreatitis. The insulin dose stayed in the range of 73 - 240 UI/day. Events of hypoglycemia were similar in the groups of low and mediu m insulin dose.The pancreatitis by hypertriglyceridemia was not severe than other kinds of acute pancreatitis, greater dose of insulin not improve the hospitalary stay.
Institution: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W173423463