[Acute abdomen and thermal burns].

A review of the literature is made on the problem of the acute surgical abdomen under conditions of thermic shock. Such basic nosologic entities, as acute ulcers, acute cholecystitis, thrombosis and embolism of mesenterial vessels and hematogenous peritonitis, which may be directly related to thermic burns, are given detailed consideration. Thermic trauma raises complex and diverse problems; one of the pathways to reduce the lethal outcome in patients with burns is to face the acute abdomen problem with adequate approach to the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of each nosologic entity.