iarjaccIARJACCIARJACC2709-1880https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjacc.2022.v03i02.065Socio-Demographic Characteristics and its Association with Outcome in Secondary Peritonitis Cases in a Tertiary Care HospitalPreetThakurU.K.ChandelA.K.KaundalJunior Resident, Department of General Surgery, I.G.M.C. Shimla (H.P.)Professor, Department of General Surgery, I.G.M.C. Shimla (H.P.)Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, I.G.M.C. Shimla (H.P.)Background: Peritonitis still poses major problem for surgeons as far as morbidity and mortality is concerned. The aim of this study is to evaluate the Socio-demographic characteristics and its association with outcome in Secondary Peritonitis cases in a tertiary care Hospital. Material and Methods: This study was a longitudinal, prospective study in which all patients presenting to the Department of Surgery, IGMC, Shimla over a period of twelve months from January 2021-December 2021 and with a diagnosis of secondary peritonitis after fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were recruited. Relevant information was collected and further analysed by using IBM SPSS Statistics. Results: In this study, a total of 250 patients with diagnosis of perforation peritonitis were evaluated. Among the total Males were 205 (82%) and Females were 45 (18%). Mean age of the patients was 47.28±17.34 years with range from 18 to 87 years. Among the total, 99(39.6%) patients were age <40 years while 151(60.4%) patients were aged >40 years. Among the total, 32(12.80%) were expired while 218(87.20%) were discharged after treatment. Among the total 205 males, 19 (9.3%) were expired and 186(90.7%) were discharged while among total 45 females 13(28.9%) were expired and 32(71.1%) were discharged. There was significant difference in mortality among males and females. Mean age of 32 expired patients was 59.16±13.32 years while mean age of 218 discharged patients was 45.49±16.96 years. There was significant difference in mortality according to age. Among the total 205 Males mean BMI was 21.93±3.00 while among the total 45 females mean BMI was 20.68±2.46. Among the total 32 expired patients mean BMI was 22.69±3.54 while among the total 218 discharged patients mean BMI was 21.76±2.80. There was no significant difference in mortality according to BMI. Conclusion: In the present study maximum patients of secondary peritonitis were males and less than 40 years old. There was significant association of mortality with gender and age group.