Informative Value of the Parameters of Endotoxicosis in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Generalized Purulent Peritonitis

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to evaluate the informative value of the parameters reflecting the severity of endotoxi-cosis in the early postoperative period in diabetic patients with generalized purulent peritonitis. Sixty-six patients were examined and treated. A follow-up assessment of biochemical, immunological, and hemodynamic parameters has established that the serum level of procalcitonin, the level of leukocytosis, the immunoregulatory index, the content of circulating immune complexes, the scores of the SOFA scale, and minute circulatory volume are the most sensitive and specific markers of the severity of endotoxicosis. They show a low frequency of false-positive results, a high prognostic value of positive results, and a low prognostic value of negative ones.