Peritonitis in geriatric inpatients.

Abstract:

:Of 212 cases of peritonitis found in a retrospective study of geriatric inpatients, the most common causes were mesenteric infarction, malignancy, intestinal obstruction, perforated peptic ulcer, cholecystitis, diverticulitis and perforation of the urinary bladder. The diagnostic accuracy was 47%. Abdominal pain had been observed in only 55% of the cases, and guarding and/or abdominal rigidity in only 34%. Other findings such as tachycardia and fever were more common, but the specificities of these signs were low.

journal_name

Age Ageing

journal_title

Age and ageing

authors

Wroblewski M,Mikulowski P

doi

10.1093/ageing/20.2.90

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1991-03-01 00:00:00

pages

90-4

issue

2

eissn

0002-0729

issn

1468-2834

journal_volume

20

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