[Evaluation of the Mannheim Peritonitis Index].

A retrospective analysis of 100 case histories of patients with diffuse peritonitis was made in order to evaluate the prognostic significance of the Mannheim Peritonitis Index (MPI). The patients were divided into 3 groups according to the amount of scores: in the first group (12-20 scores) there were no lethal issues, in the second group (21-29 scores) 42% of the patients died, 100% lethality was noted in the third group when MPI was 30 scores or more. MPI allows not only to make a retrospective evaluation of results of treatment of peritonitis and compare outcomes of different surgical accesses, it may be one of criteria for programmed relaparotomy or for using laparostomy in patients of the 2nd and 3rd groups.