The current state of prediction of postoperative septic complications in children with acute abdominal pathology
The problem of postoperative septic complications is relevant to all areas of surgery. Their frequency in pediatric surgery remains high and is on the third place in the structure of all nosocomial infections. Extending the range and volume of abdominal surgeries it promotes enlarging frequency of postoperative complications. Despite the considerable number of prognostic methods, differential diagnostics of separate complications is still remains a problem for the physicians and is often accompanied by mistakes. The review considered the modern approach to the pathogenesis of postoperative septic complications in children with acute abdominal pathology and analyzes the currently known methods for predicting the possibility of their development.