title: Prognostic factors in childhood intra-abdominal sepsis.
abstract: Over a 36-month period, prognostic factors in childhood intra-abdominal abscesses were evaluated in fifty-five Nigerian children (38 boys [69.1%] and 17 girls [30.9%] aged 2 months-15 years (mean 8.9, SD 4.3 years). The mortality rate was 20%. The adverse prognostic factors were: a high fever, a positive blood culture, subphrenic location of abscesses, abscesses associated with a typhoid perforation, post-operative abscesses, presence of organ impairment, and multiple abscesses occurring together in the same patient. The age of the patient, duration of illness before hospitalization as well as the number and type of microorganisms cultured from the abscess did not have any influence on the prognosis in the children in this study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Adejuyighe
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Jeje
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Ajayi
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Owa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Obilade
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents