Intra-abdominal View and Inflammatory Markers in Secondary Peritonitis - Correlation to Recovery (PERICLASS)

Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Peritonitis

Treatments: Other: No intervention, merely observational

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02726932

Dnro 6/13/03/02/2016

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to analyze the correlation between intra-abdominal view and patient recovery in secondary peritonitis, and to create a new classification based on these results. Additionally, a variety of inflammatory markers from blood samples will be collected in order to analyze their correlation with patient outcomes.

Enrollment: 283 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adult patients > 18 years old
• operated for complicated intra-abdominal infection

Exclusion criteria

• another diagnosis requiring ICU level care at the same time
• acute pancreatitis
• acute mesenteric ischaemia due to occlusion in superior mesenteric artery or vein
• peritonitis due to timely diagnosed trauma
• missing informed consent or inability to understand it