[Effect of intestinal decompression with intubation on portal and systemic bacteremia in patients with peritonitis]

Examination of 55 patients, who underwent operation for generalized peritonitis of various etiology, included comparative appraisal of the degree of portal and systemic bacteremia and the leukocytic index of intoxication in patients with and those without nasointestinal intubation. It was found that the microflora of a paretic intestine was one of the most important factors of intoxication in patients with peritonitis in the postoperative period. Nasointestinal intubation in this case proved to be an effective method for reducing the degree of portal and systemic bacteremia and ensured a significant decrease of the degree of intoxication as compared to that in the control group.