Age Influence in the Prognosis of Bacterial Secondary Peritonitis
Today the age of 60-65 years old is considered the seniority threshold. The structural, functional and metabolic alterations which occur following to the aging process determine an exacerbation of the impact which any aggression will have on the body. This retrospective study analyses a group of 245 patients with severe peritonitis, which had been hospitalized and treated in Surgery 2nd Clinic of the Sf. Apostol Andrei Emergency Clinical Hospital in the period 2007-2016. The median age 54 years old [range 30-95]; 68 patients (27.76% of cases) were ] 65 years old (65+) and 177 patients (72.24% of cases) with age between [ 65 years old (65-). Out of the results obtained, it is obvious the impact of age in the evolution and prognosis of bacterial peritonitis.