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How do you manage severe hypertriglyceridemia in the adolescent & young adult population receiving chemotherapy for ALL, in the absence of complications related to hypertriglyceridemia?

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · University of Toronto
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Not sure what the adults do but in the pediatric/AYA population, I stop the drugs most likely to cause this - often a combination of steroids and asparaginase, consult one of our cardiologists who has a major interest in hyperlipidemia and in the asymptomatic patient, he almost always cautions against plasmapheresis. Have found it possible to use both drugs again but separately rather than in combination.

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