A study of acute peritonitis: evaluation of its mortality and morbidity

NBG Prasad, KVB Reddy - International Surgery Journal, 2016 - ijsurgery.com
Background: Acute peritonitis remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in
emergency surgery. The contributory causes are delay in seeking the surgical advice …

[HTML][HTML] Causes of acute peritonitis and its complication

D Kumar, I Garg, AH Sarwar, L Kumar, V Kumar… - Cureus, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Method This longitudinal study included 309 patients above 12 years of age, of either
gender, with confirmed diagnosis of peritonitis. Exploratory laparotomy was done to identify …

Etiology of peritonitis and factors predicting the mortality in peritonitis

JJ Paryani, V Patel, G Rathod - National Journal of Community …, 2013 - njcmindia.com
Introduction: Peritonitis is a life threatening surgical emergency that requires prompt and
optimum surgical attention. This study aims to describe the different factors affecting the final …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of mortality and morbidity in peritonitis in a developing country

PS Khan, LA Dar, H Hayat - Turkish Journal of Surgery/Ulusal …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: Generalized peritonitis is still a common emergency managed by most general
surgeons throughout the world. If the outcome in these patients can be correctly predicted …

Acute abdomen: peritonitis

RJE Skipworth, KCH Fearon - Surgery (Oxford), 2005 - Elsevier
Peritonitis is inflammation of the peritoneum and represents an important cause of surgical
morbidity and mortality. It may be localized or generalized, and is thought to pass through …

Acute abdomen: peritonitis

RJE Skipworth, KCH Fearon - Surgery (Oxford), 2008 - Elsevier
Peritonitis is inflammation of the peritoneum and represents an important cause of surgical
morbidity and mortality. It may be localized or generalized, and is thought to pass through …

An audit of secondary peritonitis at a tertiary care university hospital of Sindh, Pakistan

AA Memon, FG Siddiqui, AH Abro, AH Agha… - World journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Objective Peritonitis is the most common life threatening surgical emergency, which requires
urgent surgical intervention and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. The …

Etiology, treatment outcome and prognostic factors among patients with secondary peritonitis at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

A Mabewa, J Seni, PL Chalya, SE Mshana… - World Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Introduction Secondary peritonitis due to perforation of the gastrointestinal tract is one of the
most common surgical emergencies all over the world and is associated with significantly …

Treatment of acute peritonitis. Results in County Hospital Suceava with 317 cases

D Stănescu, D Mihalache, O Irimescu… - … Medico-chirurgicala a …, 2010 - europepmc.org
Results There were 212 men (67%) and 105 women (33%) aged between 1 and 89 years.
Preoperative concomitant disease was present in 31% of patients: cardiac disease was most …

Causes of acute peritonitis and its outcome in tertiary medical centre

M Malik, M Iqbal, AM Magsi, S Parveen… - Journal of Liaquat …, 2019 - ojs.lumhs.edu.pk
RESULTS: Frequent causes of acute peritonitis were typhoid intestinal perforation 62
(28.70%), Peptic ulcer perforation 54 (25%), rupture appendix 38 (17.59%), tuberculous …