Energetic etiologies of acute pancreatitis: A report of five cases

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Pt	Age	Gender	Type of exposure	Time gap between exposure and pancreatitis	Duration of exposure	Severity of pancreatits	TG	IgG4	Confounding factors
1	40s	F	TENS	Narrow	Short	Mild	Nl	Nl3	CCB and PPI
2	30s	F	IENS	Narrow	Unk	Mild	Unk	Unk	Unk2
3	50s	F	TENS	Narrow	Long	Severe	Nl	Nl3	None1
4	40s	M	Energy drink	Narrow	Consumed Rockstar™ prior to 2 unexplained episodes	Both mild	Nl	Nl	Initial episode due to alcohol, but abstinent for 1 yr prior to these 2 episodes

¹No medications, no alcohol, no gallstones (by transabdominal and intraoperative, but not endoscopic, ultrasound), there was no evidence for or against genetic causes and pancreas divisum;

²No alcohol, and no gallstones (by transabdominal but not endoscopic ultrasound), but the patient could not recall her medication history;

³Total IgG, not IgG4, was sent. Pt: Patient; Nl: Normal; Unk: Unknown; TG: Triglyceride level; TENS: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; F: Female; M: Male; CCB: Calcium-channel blocker; PPI: Proton-pump inhibitor; IENS: Implanted electrical nerve stimulator.