Socio-demographic Characteristics and its Association with Outcome in Secondary Peritonitis cases in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Background: Peritonitis still poses major problem for surgeons as far as morbidity and mortality is concerned. The aim of this study is to evaluate the Socio-demographic characteristics and its association with outcome in Secondary Peritonitis cases in a tertiary care Hospital. Material and Methods: This study was a longitudinal, prospective study in which all patients presenting to the Department of Surgery, IGMC, Shimla over a period of twelve months from January 2022 – December 2022 and with a diagnosis of secondary peritonitis after fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were recruited. Relevant information was collected and further analysed by using IBM SPSS Statistics. Results: In this study, a total of 250 patients with diagnosis of perforation peritonitis were evaluated. Among the total Males were 205 (82%) and Females were 45 (18%). Mean age of the patients was 47.28±17.34 years with range from 18 to 87 years. Among the total, 99 (39.6%) patients were age less than 40 years while 151 (60.4%) patients were aged > 40 years. Among the total, 32 (12.80%) were expired while 218 (87.20%) were discharged after treatment. Among the total 205 males, 19 (9.3%) were expired and 186 (90.7%) were discharged while among total 45 females 13 (28.9%) were expired and 32 (71.1%) were discharged. There was significant difference in mortality among males and females. Mean age of 32 expired patients was 59.16±13.32 years while mean age of 218 discharged patients was 45.49± 16.96 years. There was significant difference in mortality according to age. Among the total 205 Males mean BMI was 21.93±3.00 while among the total 45 females mean BMI was 20.68±2.46. Among the total 32 expired patients mean BMI was 22.69±3.54 while among the total 218 discharged patients mean BMI was 21.76 ±2.80. There was no significant difference in mortality according to BMI. Conclusion: In the present study maximum patients of secondary peritonitis were males and less than 40 years old. There was significant association of mortality with gender and age group.