Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: July | Volume: 10 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 316-320
Clinical Presentation and Findings in Secondary Generalised Peritonitis among the Patients Admitted In a Tertiary Care Hospital in Northern Part of India
Raj Kumar1, Rahul Gupta2, Anjali Sharma3, Rajesh Chaudhary4
1MS General Surgery, Civil Hospital Baijnath, Himachal Pradesh
2MD Community Medicine, District Programme Officer, Health and Family Welfare, Himachal Pradesh
3Resident Doctor, Department of Microbiology, DRPGMC Kangra at Tanda, Himachal Pradesh
4MS General Surgery, Civil Hospital Nagrota Bagwan, Himachal Pradesh
Corresponding Author: Rahul Gupta
ABSTRACT
Peritonitis is defined as inflammation of the serosal membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and the organs contained therein. Secondary peritonitis is caused by the loss of integrity of the gastrointestinal tract or other visceral organ. The present study was aimed to study the clinical presentation of generalised secondary peritonitis at Department of Surgery, Dr RPGMC Kangra at Tanda. There were 153 patients with age ranging from 12 years to 90 years with a mean age of 42.75 years of which 87% were males.13.76% patients had associated co-morbidities. All the patients presented with pain abdomen, whereas fever was the next most common presentation 33.99%. Secondary generalised peritonitis with early diagnosis and presentation within 24 hours may affect the treatment outcome.
Key words: Secondary Peritonitis, North India, Tertiary Care Hospital