ABSTRACT
The efficiency of the calculated Manheimer index was assessed in 243 patients with diffuse peritonitis. The patients were divided into three groups according to the value of the index. The results were compared with the value of leukocytosis, leukocytic index of intoxication and level of medium molecules in the same patients. The patients of the Manheimer groups demonstrated growth of objective parameters of intoxication. The level of mortality was 2.5% in the 1st group, 63.9%--in the 2nd group and 100%--in the 3rd group. Unlike the calculated indexes accepted in the international practice, the Manheimer index does not require results of expensive laboratory methods of investigation. It can be widely used in clinical practice for a reliable assessment of the state of peritonitis patients and prognosis of results of their treatment.
