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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Typhoid ileal perforations: Why such mortalities?
British Journal of Surgery, Volume 63, No. 4, Year 1976
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The average mortality of 25 per cent in typhoid perforations of the ileum treated operatively could be reduced, because only half of the cases die of the lethal complications of myocarditis and toxaemia. The results of the present study show important differences between the preoperative fluid and electrolyte therapy of survivors nnd non‐survivors as well as differences in the urinary output per hour. The perforation‐operation interval as well as duration of the illness also have prognostic significance. The problem of enteric fever must ultimately be solved by preventive measures, but the results of this review indicate that attention to these factors could halve the present mortality. Copyright © 1976 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Archampong, Emmanuel Quaye
Ghana, Accra
University of Ghana
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Citations: 48
Authors: 1
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/bjs.1800630416
ISSN:
00071323
e-ISSN:
13652168
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases