Treatment of Severe Hypertriglyceridemia During Pregnancy With High Doses of Omega-3 Fatty Acid and Plasmapheresis.

AACE Clinical Case Reports
Nguyen T NguyenThanh D Hoang

Abstract

Severe hypertriglyceridemia carries increased health risks, including the development of pancreatitis. The objective of this study was to report on management of 2 cases with severe gestational hypertriglyceridemia. In case 1, a 33-year-old pregnant woman presented with serum triglyceride level of 14 000 mg/dL after discontinuing hypolipidemic medications. She was treated with Lovaza 12 g/day, and serum triglyceride remained near normal at level of less than 800 mg mg/dL until delivery. In case 2, a 28-year-old patient (29th week gestation) presented with acute pancreatitis and triglycerides >4000 mg/dL. She was treated with Gemfibrozil, Lovaza, insulin infusion, subcutaneous heparin, and escalated to plasmapheresis. She successfully delivered a baby at the week of 36th and her triglyceride level was 304 mg/dL after that. Case 1 was treated with high-dose Lovaza and case 2 was treated with plasmapheresis successfully. Triglyceride levels were reduced to less than 500 mg/dL until delivery of healthy babies in both cases. Omega-3 fatty acids and plasmapheresis may be effective and safe to treat pregnant women with severe hypertriglyceridemia and pancreatitis.

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