ACUTE GENERAL HAEMORRHAGIC PERITONITIS

The management of acute general peritonitis.

Introduction Inflammation of the peritoneal cavity is usually due to bacterial infection which may be preceded in certain instances by an initial chemical peritonitis. Infection most often commences locally in some part of the peritoneal cavity and particularly with early and efficient treatment frequently remains confined to that area. It may, however, become widespread and it is to this condi...

Haemorrhagic septicaemia--a general review.

Acute haemorrhagic stroke.

OBJECTIVE To review the management and some of the recent advances in acute haemorrhagic stroke. DATA SOURCES Articles and published reviews on acute haemorrhagic stroke. SUMMARY OF REVIEW Hypertensive intracerebral haemorrhage or subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) from a ruptured intracranial saccular aneurysm are the commonest causes for an acute haemorrhagic stroke. Both lesions are often cl...

Haemorrhagic peritonitis as a late complication of echocardiography guided pericardiocentesis.

Clinically significant pericardial effusion is an uncommon complication after cardiac surgery. Pericardiocentesis can be performed either through a mini-sternotomy or under echocardiography guidance. Echocardiography guidance is a relatively safe procedure and it avoids the need for another general anaesthetic. However, in this post cardiac surgical patient echocardiography guided pericardiocen...

Acute haemorrhagic leuco-encephalitis.

was concerned to the white matter, and developing more or less abruptly in apparently normal individuals. Perivascular necroses, perivascular and focal demyelination, haemorrhages, oedema, and cellular infiltration were the chief components of the pathological picture." In the 12 years since Hurst's paper appeared remarkably few similar cases have been reported, and in fact only five further ex...