[The causes of complications and mortality in acute diseases of the abdominal organs].
A retrospective analysis of 854 case histories of patients who died in surgical hospitals of Orenburg Province from 1996 till 1998 has shown that 67% of the patients had infectious complications including 32.5% of suppurations of the postoperative wounds. Other causes of complications and lethality were established. Main ways to reduce their amount are determined.
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D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology