title: Fatal peritonitis.
abstract: We analysed 117 cases of peritonitis in children. They were divided into two groups: -- Newborn and very young infants with peritonitis. -- Older children with peritonitis. The different causes in every group were studied, and it was attempted to find the particular criteria for each cause. The mortality in newborn and young infants is high, but resuscitation methods and appropriate surgical therapy are giving encouraging results. In older children the mortality from peritonitis is low and more or less resembles that in adults.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000150:complications; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D008531:Megacolon / Q000150:complications; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*