OBJECTIVE: To evaluate @entity298 Index (MPI) in predicting outcome in @entity1 with secondary @entity298 and to assess each risk factor independently regarding its contribution towards final outcome. DESIGN: Prospective analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: Surgical Unit-II of Rawalpindi General Hospital, from December 1999 to January 2001. @entity1 AND METHODS: One hundred and twenty-six @entity1 who presented to the department with secondary @entity298 were included in the study. MPI score was calculated for each @entity1 on a pre-designed proforma and the @entity1 were followed-up till death or discharged from the hospital. Death was the main outcome measure against which the MPI scores were analyzed under two categories; (i) score > or = 26 and < 26 (ii) scores < 21, 2-29, and > 29. Data was analyzed on software SPSS (version 11.0). Chi-square test was used to assess any significant association between scores and outcome. Odds ratios were calculated for individual risk factors. RESULTS: Mortality rate for MPI score > or = 26 was 28.1% while for scores less than 26 it was 4.3%. For MPI scores pound 20 mortality rate was 1.9%, for scores 21-29 it was 21.9% and for score 30 or more it was 28.1%. Chi-square showed significant association between mortality and increasing MPI score (p < 0.01). Odd ratios calculated were significant for age > 50 years, malignancy, organ failure, pre-operative duration of @entity298 > 24 hours and cloudy, purulent exudate. CONCLUSION: Increasing MPI score is strongly associated with outcome in secondary @entity298 .

Predictive power of XXXX Index.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'PATIENTS'] @entity298 :: ('MESH:D010538', 'Disease') :: ['Mannheim Peritonitis', 'peritonitis']
@entity298 :: (MESH:D010538,Disease) :: ['Mannheim Peritonitis']
