Sandbox:peritonitis
Definition
Peritonitis defined as the inflammation of the peritoneum from any cause.
Classification
| Peritonitis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary peritonitis | Secondary peritonitis | Tertiary peritonitis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ❑ Spontaneous peritonitis ❑ Peritonitis in patients with CAPD ❑ Tuberculous peritonitis | ❑ Peritonitis without evidence for pathogens ❑ Peritonitis with fungi ❑ Peritonitis with low-grade pathogenic bacteria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acute perforation peritonitis ❑ Gastrointestinal perforation ❑ Intestinal ischemia ❑ Pelviperitonitis and other forms | Postoperative peritonitis ❑ Anastomotic leak ❑ Accidental perforation and devascularization | Post-traumatic peritonitis ❑ After blunt abdominal trauma ❑ After penetrating abdominal trauma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||