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Abstract
The inflammatory response which is similar in all forms of peritonitis was recorded
by determining the levels of parameters shown to represent the activation state of
plasmatic and cellular systems as well as the inhibitory capacity of the plasma. In
a selected series of patients with different underlying diseases, blood sampling was
started at the time of admission when the clinical finding of an acute abdomen led
to emergency laparotomy. Depending upon the duration of the illness and the severity
of the peritonitis, a significant increase in fibrinopeptide A and of C3a could be
detected within a few hours, which was followed by an increase in the elastase alpha-1-proteinase
inhibitor complex. Differences due to variable cause could not be found. There was
a striking correlation between the preoperative values of these three parameters and
the postoperative course of the patients. Additionally, there was a significant enhancement
of an endothelial proliferation-inhibiting capacity in the serums of the lethal group,
whereas endotoxin could only be detected in trace amounts in four patients with intraabdominal
infection in the preoperative period.
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