title: Subphrenic abscess in children.
abstract: Nineteen consecutive cases of subphrenic abscess which were treated in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, from 1962 to 1972 are analyzed. This complication of intra-abdominal suppuration of surgery still carries a grave prognosis. Four of the patients died (21 per cent); 2 deaths were related to the subphrenic abscess while the remaining 2 were not directly related to the abscess. The mean hospital stay of the survivors was 59 days (range 30-122 days). The changing patterns of aetiology and presentation which have recently been emphasized in general surgical practice are not reflected in this paediatric series.
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013369:Subphrenic Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D002511:Cephalosporins; D000667:Ampicillin