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. 2017 May 4:12:22.
doi: 10.1186/s13017-017-0132-7. eCollection 2017.

Management of intra-abdominal infections: recommendations by the WSES 2016 consensus conference

Massimo Sartelli  1 , Fausto Catena  2 , Fikri M Abu-Zidan  3 , Luca Ansaloni  4 , Walter L Biffl  5 , Marja A Boermeester  6 , Marco Ceresoli  3 , Osvaldo Chiara  7 , Federico Coccolini  3 , Jan J De Waele  8 , Salomone Di Saverio  9 , Christian Eckmann  10 , Gustavo P Fraga  11 , Maddalena Giannella  12 , Massimo Girardis  13 , Ewen A Griffiths  14 , Jeffry Kashuk  15 , Andrew W Kirkpatrick  16 , Vladimir Khokha  17 , Yoram Kluger  18 , Francesco M Labricciosa  19 , Ari Leppaniemi  20 , Ronald V Maier  21 , Addison K May  22 , Mark Malangoni  23 , Ignacio Martin-Loeches  24 , John Mazuski  25 , Philippe Montravers  26 , Andrew Peitzman  27 , Bruno M Pereira  11 , Tarcisio Reis  28 , Boris Sakakushev  29 , Gabriele Sganga  30 , Kjetil Soreide  31 , Michael Sugrue  32 , Jan Ulrych  33 , Jean-Louis Vincent  34 , Pierluigi Viale  12 , Ernest E Moore  35
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Management of intra-abdominal infections: recommendations by the WSES 2016 consensus conference

Massimo Sartelli et al. World J Emerg Surg. .

Abstract

This paper reports on the consensus conference on the management of intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) which was held on July 23, 2016, in Dublin, Ireland, as a part of the annual World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) meeting. This document covers all aspects of the management of IAIs. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation recommendation is used, and this document represents the executive summary of the consensus conference findings.

Keywords: Antibiotics; Intra-abdominal infections; Peritonitis; Sepsis.

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