[State of blood flow in gastric and small-intestinal mucosa in acute diffuse peritonitis]

One of the most severe complications of the postoperative period in patients with diffuse peritonitis is known to be erosive ulcerous injuries of the gastrointestinal tract mucosa (in 29 of 150 patients). The blood flow state of the gastric and intestinal mucosa was studied with the help of contact microfluorimeter under conditions of experimental peritonitis. Disturbances of the intramural blood flow of the gastrointestinal tract have been found which is a cause of the formation of acute ulcers and erosions of the mucosa.