How do you manage a patient with peritonitis?
Treatment usually involves medication for pain. Prompt intravenous (IV) antibiotics are needed to treat a bacterial infection. If you have an intestinal infection, an abdominal abscess, or a ruptured appendix, you may need surgery to remove the infected tissue.
Why does peritonitis cause hypovolemia?
However, if the peritoneum is weakened or injured, inflammation and infection can spread through the peritoneal cavity. Peristaltic action decreases, leading to bowel obstruction. Large amounts of fluid from the intravascular space move into the peritoneal cavity, causing hypovolemia and hemoconcentration.
Can peritonitis be treated conservatively?
Conclusions: A conservative surgical treatment concept supplemented with “extensive” intraoperative lavage reduces the reoperation rate compared with other treatment standards of peritonitis and achieves a low mortality rate in patients with diffuse peritonitis.
What are the prevention of peritonitis?
Preventing Peritonitis Thoroughly wash your hands, including the areas between your fingers and under your fingernails, before touching the catheter. Wear a mouth/nose mask during exchanges. Observe the proper sterile exchange technique. Apply an antibiotic cream to the catheter exit site every day.
When should you operate on peritonitis?
Peritonitis requires prompt medical attention to fight the infection and, if necessary, to treat any underlying medical conditions. Peritonitis treatment usually involves antibiotics and, in some cases, surgery. Left untreated, peritonitis can lead to severe, potentially life-threatening infection throughout your body.
What is the treatment for secondary peritonitis?
In secondary peritonitis, systemic antibiotic therapy is the second mainstay of treatment following source control (eg, removal of appendix, closure of perforation, resection of gangrenous bowel, drainage of abscess).
How can you prevent peritonitis?
Preventing Peritonitis
- Thoroughly wash your hands, including the areas between your fingers and under your fingernails, before touching the catheter.
- Wear a mouth/nose mask during exchanges.
- Observe the proper sterile exchange technique.
- Apply an antibiotic cream to the catheter exit site every day.
How long can peritonitis last?
If you’re diagnosed with peritonitis, you’ll need treatment in hospital to get rid of the infection. This might take 10 to 14 days. Treatment usually involves being given antibiotics into a vein (intravenously).
How long does it take peritonitis to heal?
Which therapeutic procedure treats peritonitis?
Peritonitis treatment usually involves antibiotics and, in some cases, surgery. Left untreated, peritonitis can lead to severe, potentially life-threatening infection throughout your body. A common cause of peritonitis is peritoneal dialysis therapy.