Double balloon endoscopy associated pancreatitis: A description of six cases

Table 1 Patient characteristics

	Gender	Age(yr)	Indication	Scope type	Midazolam (mg)	Fentanyl (mg)	Duration (cm)	Insertion length (cm)	Interventions	Admission (d)	CT inflammation	Peak amylase U/L	Peak lipase U/L
1	M	66	Anemia	P	15	0.100	120	400	Biopsy	7	No CT	334	734
2	M	60	Anemia	P	12.5	0.150	90	250	Biopsy	21	Corpus Tail	412	160
3	F	37	Malabsorption	T	12.5	0.075	90	250	None	2	Tail	619	2037
4	M	54	Anemia	P	10	0.050	80	300	None	11	Total	1395	3660
5	F	23	M.Crohn	P	15	0.150	120	420	None	22	Corpus Tail	1071	369
6	F	44	Small bowel stenosis	T	15	0.050	145	400	Polypectomy	4	No CT	321	120

Reference values: amylase 0-100 U/L, lipase 0-70 U/L.

Table 2 Procedural characteristics

	Pancreatitis (n = 6)		No Pancreatitis (n = 597)
Age (yr)	47.3	(23-66)	59.3	(12-94)
Gender
Male	3	(50%)	301	51.60%
Female	3	(50%)	292	48.40%
Route
Oral	6	100%	435	73%
Anal	0		162	26%
Endoscope
P-type	4	67%
T-type	2	33%
Duration (min)	108	(80-148)	105	(30-240)
Insertion depth (cm)	337	(250-420)	270	(25-640)	P = 0.09
Midazolam (mg)	13.3	(10-15)	10	(2.5-25)
Fentanyl (mg)	0.1	(0.05-0.15)	0.075	(0.025-0.2)