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Table 6 Outcome of the management of diffuse peritonitis in Limbe and Buea Regional Hospitals

From: Which cause of diffuse peritonitis is the deadliest in the tropics? A retrospective analysis of 305 cases from the South-West Region of Cameroon

Analysis of mortality rate

Cause of peritonitis

Number of deaths

Mortality rate

Contribution to death toll

Risk ratio (RR)

95 % CI

Fisher’s P-value

Peptic Ulcer Perforation

7

10.1 %

15.2 %

0.67

0.32, 1.43

0.34

Spontaneous perforation of terminal ileum

16

37.2 %

34.7 %

2.47

1.54, 3.95

0.001

Complications of acute appendicitis

4

7.6 %

8.7 %

0.50

0.19, 1.33

0.20

Splenic Abscess

0

0

0

0

Undefined

0.60

Tubo-Ovarian Abscess

0

0

0

0

Undefined

0.60

Acute cholecystitis

0

0

0

0

Undefined

0.61

Incarcerated hernia

1

12.5 %

2.2 %

0.83

0.13, 5.29

1.00

Intestinal obstruction

2

15.4 %

4.4 %

1.02

0.28, 3.75

1.00

Intussusception

0

0

0

0

Undefined

1.00

Perforation of sigmoid colon

4

44.4 %

8.7 %

2.95

1.35, 6.41

0.04

Infection of haemoperitoneum

0

0

0

0

Undefined

1.00

Rupture of liver abscess

0

0

0

0

Undefined

1.00

Post-operative

9

20.5 %

19.5 %

1.36

0.71, 2.57

0.38

Abdominal injury

3

7.9 %

6.6 %

0.52

0.17, 1.60

0.33

Total

46

15.1 %

100 %

Ref.

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