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Prospective evaluation of prognostic scoring systems in peritonitis. Peritonitis Study Group

C Ohmann1, D H Wittmann, H Wacha

  • 1Department of General and Trauma Surgery, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Summary

The APACHE II score demonstrated superior discriminatory ability and reliability for predicting peritonitis outcomes compared to the Mannheim Peritonitis Index (MPI) and Peritonitis Index Altona (PIA) II. However, none of the scoring systems accurately predict individual patient outcomes.

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