What is Peritonitis?
What is Peritonitis?
- Peritonitis: Inflammation of the lining of the abdominal cavity.
- Peritonitis: inflammation of the peritoneum, a condition marked by exudations in the peritoneum of serum, fibrin, cells, and pus.
Source - Diseases Database
- Peritonitis: inflammation of the peritoneum.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Peritonitis: Introduction
Types of Peritonitis:
Types of Peritonitis:
Broader types of Peritonitis:
How serious is Peritonitis?
Complications of Peritonitis:
see complications of Peritonitis
What causes Peritonitis?
Causes of Peritonitis: see causes of Peritonitis
Risk factors for Peritonitis:
see
risk factors for Peritonitis
What are the symptoms of Peritonitis?
Symptoms of Peritonitis:
see symptoms of Peritonitis
Complications of Peritonitis:
see complications of Peritonitis
Peritonitis: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Peritonitis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Peritonitis.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Peritonitis:
see treatments for Peritonitis
Research for Peritonitis:
see research for Peritonitis
Society issues for Peritonitis
Hospitalization statistics for Peritonitis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Peritonitis:
- 0.036% (4,562) of hospital consultant episodes were for peritonitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 70% of hospital consultant episodes for peritonitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 51% of hospital consultant episodes for peritonitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 49% of hospital consultant episodes for peritonitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 87% of hospital consultant episodes for peritonitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 13.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for peritonitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Peritonitis:
Organs and body systems related to Peritonitis include:
Name and Aliases of Peritonitis
Main name of condition: Peritonitis
Other names or spellings for Peritonitis:
Peritoneal inflammation
Source - WordNet 2.1
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