Abdomen agudo quirúrgico en el adulto mayor. Hospital Vladimir Ilich Lenin. Enero 2005 a enero 2008

A prospective descriptive study in 388 elderly patients operated on acute abdomen was carried out at Vladimir Ilich Lenin Hospital, January 2005 to January 2008, in order to characterize the behavior of the affections that cause this intraabdominal entity. The third age and the masculine sex were the most affected. The most associated surgical risk factor was hypertension. The most frequent preoperatory diagnosis was the mechanical intestinal occlusion. The main diagnostic investigations were not properly indicated. The time of preoperatory evolution from 24 to 48 hours prevailed. Surgical time over 2 hours was the most frequent. Mediate complications and the ileo paralitics prevailed. The hospitalization time from 4 to 6 days was the most frequent. The lethal rate was 15,72% and the predominant cause of death was the septic shock.