Frailty of Boey Score in Ppu Mortality and Morbidity Prediction- A Prospective Study

Abstract

BACKGROUNDPeptic ulcer is quite common in our country due to intake of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, alcohol, spicy diet, smoking and a stressful lifestyle. Almost everybody harbours Helicobacter pylori within them and prone to peptic ulcer. Peptic ulcer can have disastrous complications with one of them being perforation, which is a surgical emergency. Its effects can range from severe abdominal pain to hypotension, sepsis and shock. Hence, timely intervention is absolutely mandatory. Various scoring systems have been developed to prognosticate the morbidity and mortality of perforated peptic ulcer with Boey score being the most commonly followed in various healthcare setup. We tried to determine the role of Boey score in our patients with perforated peptic ulcer and analyse its limitations.