title: [Diffuse peritonitis--the danger persists].
abstract: An analysis of 127 case histories of patients with diffuse peritonitis treated in the clinic during 1979-1982 has been made. But for all the complex intensive treatment, generalization of the inflammatory process in the abdominal cavity has been shown to cause high mortality rate (76%). The patients' age substantially aggravated the prognosis. 79% of the victims were older than 60. In 56,6% of cases the development of peritonitis had different complications, 11% needed relaparotomy to treat the complications. Late diagnosis of the disease was specifically responsible for unsatisfactory results--two thirds of the patients had toxic or terminal stages of the disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Razlitoĭ peritonit--opasnost' sokhraniaetsia.