SEPTIC PERITONITIS

Course overview

SEPSIS SECONDARY TO PERITONITIS CAN HAVE LIFE-THREATENING RAMIFICATIONS. THE ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT CAN BECOME A LARGE NIDUS FOR PATHOGENS RESISTANT TO STANDARD THERAPY. ON TOP OF THAT, THE ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SERVES AS A CONDUIT TO OTHER VITAL ORGANS, WHICH CAN HASTEN THE SPREAD OF RESISTANT PATHOGENS. THIS ACTIVITY EXPLAINS WHEN SEPTIC PERITONITIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ON A DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS, ARTICULATES HOW TO PROPERLY EVALUATE FOR THIS CONDITION, AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.