Christine Snozek

Background: The incidence of hypertriglyceridemia-associated acute pancreatitis (HTG-AP) has been increasing recently. Plasmapheresis can effectively remove triglyceride(TG) from plasma, but its clinical value in HTG-AP is unclear due to the lack of solid evidence…

Germline genetic testing is recommended for younger patients with idiopathic pancreatitis, but there is no consensus recommendation for those over age 35. We aimed to analyze the results of genetic testing for pancreatic genetic mutations using a large dataset including all ages…

BACKGROUND: Hypertriglyceridemia can develop during pancreatitis from other etiologies even in the absence of preexisting HTG (PMID: 31229460, 28655321, 30885545). For unclear reasons HTG-AP can be more severe than other AP etiologies…