Peritonitis is an infection within the peritoneum, the supportive membrane lining that surrounds and protects the internal abdominal organs. There are multiple types of peritonitis: spontaneous, ...

A new study believes that a repeat surgery for peritonitis (severe intra-abdominal inflammation or infection) may have some benefit when clinical improvement is deficient as compared to having the ...

The organs of the abdominal cavity (stomach, intestine, pancreas, liver, kidney, gallbladder, etc.) are surrounded and supported [held in place] by a 2-layer membrane called the peritoneum. The ...

Six episodes of pneumococcal peritonitis in five patients with postnecrotic cirrhosis, portal hypertension and ascites are reported. This diagnosis must be considered when fever or abdominal ...

Read at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Boston, May 31, 1938. From the Fifth (Harvard) Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston. * Clinical professor of surgery, Harvard ...

Appendicitis symptoms start with belly pain that moves and intensifies in your lower right side. Without surgery, perforated appendicitis can lead to serious complications like peritonitis or sepsis.

Bacteremia: It is the presence of bacteria in the blood that have entered the bloodstream as a severe complication of infections, during surgery, or due to catheters. Gastrointestinal Perforation: ...