[Hepatic insufficiency in patients with peritonitis].

An examination of 14 patients with general forms of peritonitis of different genesis was performed, morphological alterations in the liver tissue and changes of activity of intracellular enzymes of hepatocytes were estimated by groups of living and dead patients. A number of biochemical parameters of the patients' blood plasma were analyzed in parallel. It was established that the development of peritonitis was followed by deep morphological and metabolic disorders.