Just curious to hear how your hospital's surgeons manage peritonitis in ICU patients?
I have a young guy who had perforated + feculent peritonitis from diverticulitis. He had a hartmann's and washout and weeks later still on low dose pressors with ongoing fevers, sepsis, CRP in the 400s etc. All the surgeons feel there's no point in going back as it's unlikely to help, would be high risk, and would be challenging due to adhesions.
The rationale sounds reasonable, but I do wonder if it's a...
Operative management of peritonitis in ICU patients
I have a young guy who had perforated + feculent peritonitis from diverticulitis. He had a hartmann's and washout and weeks later still on low dose pressors with ongoing fevers, sepsis, CRP in the 400s etc. All the surgeons feel there's no point in going back as it's unlikely to help, would be high risk, and would be challenging due to adhesions.
The rationale sounds reasonable, but I do wonder if it's a...
Operative management of peritonitis in ICU patients