Acute Abdominal Emergencies in Patients With Cirrhosis

Primary peritonitis in children and adults

“…In adults with cirrhosis, the childhood sex incidence is reversed. In three combined series (Finlayson and Roth, 1964;Conn, 1964;Kerr et al, 1963) 13 of 19 patients were male, presumably because cirrhosis is commoner in men. All 6 patients in our series were female.…”

“…Many of the childhood cases (11-59%) have affected patients with nephrotic syndrome (Cole, 1937;Fowler, 1971;Pahmet, 1940). In both children and adults, primary peritoneal infection is an accepted complication of cirrhosis hepatis (Finlayson and Roth, 1964;Conn, 1964;Kerr, Pearson and Read, 1963;Epstein, Calia and Gabuzda, 1968). Streptococcal peritonitis has also been reported in association with a low serum albumin in young women with anorexia nervosa and purgative abuse (Khoury and Wall, 1982).…”

Hemoperitoneum From Bleeding Intra-Abdominal Varices: A Rare, Life-Threatening Cause of Abdominal Pain in a Patient With Cirrhosis

“…ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, portal vein thrombosis) or unrelated (e.g. peptic ulcer disease, cholecystitis, musculoskeletal pain) to liver disease [ 6 - 7 ]. Patients with cirrhosis are likely to be medically complex and have higher rates of psychiatric illness, making the evaluation of abdominal pain challenging [ 8 - 9 ].…”

Η Αυτοματος Μικροβιακη Περιτονιτις Επι Κιρρωτικων Ασθενων Μετ'ασκιτου

“…επί ασθενών μέ μετανεκρωτικήν κΐρρωσην του ήπατος κατόπιν ήπατίτιδος οφείλετο κυ ρίως εις τον πνευμονιόκοκκον, ένω ή τοιαύτη επί ασθενών μέκίρρωσιν τύ που Laennec αλκοολικής αιτιολογίας εις τήν Escherichia coli (Charrin et Veillon 1893, Ménétrier et Duval 1906, Krenker E. 1907, Garnier et Pignot 1911, Levesque J. 1923, Lemmiere et Delbiel 1926, Dumitresco-Mante et Olinesco 1926, Brulé et Coli 1939, Cachiti M. 1955, Fowler R. 1957, Caroli et Platteborse 1958,Kerr and Coli 1963, Finlayson and Roth 1964, Aubertin et Coli 1966, Matz und Jurmann 1966, Ginsberg M. 1968, Epstein and Coll 1968, Correira and Conn 1975). Εις τον πίνακα 3 ανασκο πούνται τα έπί του θέματος βιβλιογραφικά δεδομένα.ΠΙΝΑΞ 3Έμφαίνων τους μικροοργανισμούς, οί όποιοι άπεμονώθησαν εκ του άσκιτικοϋ ύγροϋ και τοϋ αίματος ασθενών πασχόντων εξ A.M.Π., εις τους διαφόρους τύπους κιρρώσεως.…”