peritonite

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Medical condition (new).name

Peritonitis

Medical condition (new).image

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Medical condition (new).caption

Peritonitis from tuberculosis

Medical condition (new).synonyms

Surgical abdomen, acute abdomen

Medical condition (new).field

Emergency medicine, general surgery

Medical condition (new).symptoms

Severe pain, swelling of the abdomen, fever

Medical condition (new).complications

Sepsis (sepsis is likely if not quickly treated), shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome

Medical condition (new).onset

Sudden

Medical condition (new).types

Primary, secondary, tertiary, generalized, localized

Medical condition (new).causes

Perforation of the intestinal tract, pancreatitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, cirrhosis, ruptured appendix

Medical condition (new).risks

Ascites, peritoneal dialysis

Medical condition (new).diagnosis

Examination, blood tests, medical imaging

Medical condition (new).treatment

Antibiotics, intravenous fluids, pain medication, surgery

Medical condition (new).frequency

Relatively common

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• [Sclerosing peritonitis].ReviewJournal de chirurgie · 2005Dutranoy JC, Molle GDOI: 10.1016/s0021-7697(05)80854-3
• Peritonitis: pathophysiology and local defense mechanisms.ReviewHepato-gastroenterology · 1997Heemken R, Gandawidjaja L, Hau T
• Surgical peritonitis in patients on peritoneal dialysis.ReviewPeritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis · 2008Shrestha BM, Brown P, Wilkie M
• The histophysiology and pathophysiology of the peritoneum.ReviewTissue & cell · 2017van Baal JO, Van de Vijver KK, Nieuwland R et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2016.11.004
• [Tuberculous peritonitis. 'Forgotten' disease].Khirurgiia · 2018Plotkin DV, Sinitsyn MV, Reshetnikov MN et al.DOI: 10.17116/hirurgia201812138
• [Sclerosing peritonitis].ReviewPolskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej · 1991Wanic-Kossowska M, Grzegorzewska A
• Sclerosing peritonitis.Clinical transplantation · 1994Bowers VD, Ackermann JR, Richardson W et al.
• Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Peritoneal Fibrosis and Peritoneal Membrane Dysfunction in Peritoneal Dialysis.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Ito Y, Sun T, Tawada M et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijms25168607

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