Task: Answer Verification
Input (English): Question: Is tertiary peritonitis ( recurrent diffuse or localized disease ) an independent predictor of mortality in surgical patients with intraabdominal infection?
Answer: We were unable to demonstrate, when compared to secondary peritonitis, that tertiary peritonitis is a significant independent predictor of mortality when other variables are taken into account. This suggests that the high mortality associated with tertiary peritonitis is more a function of the patient population in which it occurs than the severity of the pathologic process itself.
Output (English): no