Risk Factors of Acute Pancreatitis in Oral Double Balloon Enteroscop

• Main Authors: Marcela Kopáčová, Jan Bureš, Stanislav Rejchrt, Jaroslava Vávrová, Jolana Bártová, Tomáš Soukup, Jan Tomš, Ilja Tachecí
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Karolinum Press 2016-09-01
• Series: Acta Medica
• Subjects: Acute pancreatitis; Deep enteroscopy; Device assisted endoscopy; Double balloon enteroscopy; Hyperamylasemia; Small intestinal disorders
• Online Access: https://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/59/3/0084/

Double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) was introduced 15 years ago. The complications of diagnostic DBE are rare, acute pancreatitis is most redoubtable one (incidence about 0.3%). Hyperamylasemia after DBE seems to be a rather common condition respectively. The most probable cause seems to be a mechanical straining of the pancreas. We tried to identify patients in a higher risk of acute pancreatitis after DBE. We investigated several laboratory markers before and after DBE (serum cathepsin B, lactoferrin, E-selectin, SPINK 1, procalcitonin, S100 proteins, alfa-1-antitrypsin, hs-CRP, malondialdehyde, serum and urine amylase and serum lipase). Serum amylase and lipase rose significantly with the maximum 4 hours after DBE. Serum cathepsin and procalcitonin decreased significantly 4 hours after DBE compared to healthy controls and patients values before DBE. Either serum amylase or lipase 4 hours after DBE did not correlate with any markers before DBE. There was a trend for an association between the number of push-and-pull cycles and procalcitonin and urine amylase 4 hours after DBE; between procalcitonin and alfa-1-antitrypsin, cathepsin and hs-CRP; and between E-selectin and malondialdehyde 4 hours after DBE. We found no laboratory markers determinative in advance those patients in a higher risk of acute pancreatitis after DBE.