Causes of Acute Peritonitis and its Outcome in Tertiary Medical Centre

Authors

  • Mariam Malik
  • Mazhar Iqbal
  • Abdul Malik Magsi
  • Sughra Parveen
  • Muhammad Iqbal Khan
  • Munazza Shamim
  • Shoaib Malik

Keywords:

Perforation peritonitis, Typhoid Ileal perforation, Duodenal ulcer perforation.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors causing peritonitis and deaths at Jinnah Hospital Karachi.
METHODOLOGY: The study included 216 patients with acute peritonitis who underwent exploratory laparotomy from 2016 to 2018. Surgical treatment according to cause and post-operative treatment of disease carried out. Histopathological report and other diagnostic test like typhoid dot test and blood culture results were recorded and resultwas analyzed by SPSS version 24.
RESULTS: Frequent causes of acute peritonitis were typhoid intestinal perforation 62(28.70%),Peptic ulcer perforation 54 (25%), rupture appendix 38 (17.59%), tuberculous intestine perforation 26 (12.05%), gangrene gut 14 (6.48%), large gut tumor perforation 10 (4.62%), ruptured liver abscess 4 (1.85%),
ruptured gall balder 4 (1.85%) and acute pancreatitis 4 (1.85%). Complications were septic shock 30 (13.88%), paralytic ileus 16 (7.40%), burst abdomen 12 (5.5%) and mortality was 8 (3.70%.)
CONCLUSION: Infectious diseases like typhoid, H-pylori PUD, ruptured appendix, ruptured liver abscess, and TB intestine are common causes of peritonitis.

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Published

08-10-2019

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Malik M, Iqbal M, Magsi AM, Parveen S, Khan MI, Shamim M, Malik S. Causes of Acute Peritonitis and its Outcome in Tertiary Medical Centre. J Liaq Uni Med Health Sci [Internet]. 2019 Oct. 8 [cited 2024 Nov. 5];18(03):193-6. Available from: http://ojs.lumhs.edu.pk/index.php/jlumhs/article/view/174

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 03 (2019): Journal of Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences

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