Sandbox:peritonitis
Definition
Peritonitis defined as the inflammation of the peritoneum from any cause.
Classification
Peritonitis is classified based on the etiology as follows:[1]
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pathogenesis
Peritonitis can be regarded as the localized event after any trigger of inflammation similar to the systemic inflammatory response(SIRS).[2]
References
- ↑ Wittmann DH, Schein M, Condon RE (1996). "Management of secondary peritonitis". Ann Surg. 224 (1): 10–8. PMC 1235241. PMID 8678610.
- ↑ Marshall J, Sweeney D (1990) Microbial infection and the septic response in critical surgical illness. Sepsis, not infection, determines outcome. Arch Surg 125 (1):17-22; discussion 22-3. PMID: 2294878