title: Clinical characteristics of acute pancreatitis patients with elevated serum triglyceride concentration.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the clinical characteristics of acute pancreatitis (AP) patients with elevated serum triglyceride (TG) concentration.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-nine cases of AP admitted from January 2000 to January 2002 were analyzed: 28 cases comprised the TG-elevated group (serum TG >1.7 mmol/L) and 71 cases were the TG-normal group (serum TG </=1.7 mmol/L).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The AP patients with elevated serum TG accounted for 11.3% (9/80) of all AP cases during the study period. Pulmonary, cardiovascular and renal dysfunction within 72 h of onset of AP were all higher in the TG-elevated group than in the group with normal TG (25.0% vs 1.4%; 17.9% vs 1.4%; 14.3% vs 1.4%, respectively; P < 0.05). The incidence of pancreatic pseudocyst was 53.6% and 4.2%, respectively, in the group with elevated TG and in the group with normal TG (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with AP and elevated serum TG concentration have organ dysfunction at an earlier stage and increased local complications. Non-surgical therapy was common for the majority of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Chong Yi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Tian Quan
authors.initials: TQ
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Fei Ling
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Xing Xing
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Sheng Dao
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000453:epidemiology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D014280:Triglycerides