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. 2017 Jul 10:12:29.
doi: 10.1186/s13017-017-0141-6. eCollection 2017.

The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

Massimo Sartelli  1 , Alain Chichom-Mefire  2 , Francesco M Labricciosa  3 , Timothy Hardcastle  4 , Fikri M Abu-Zidan  5 , Abdulrashid K Adesunkanmi  6 , Luca Ansaloni  7 , Miklosh Bala  8 , Zsolt J Balogh  9 , Marcelo A Beltrán  10 , Offir Ben-Ishay  11 , Walter L Biffl  12 , Arianna Birindelli  13 , Miguel A Cainzos  14 , Gianbattista Catalini  1 , Marco Ceresoli  7 , Asri Che Jusoh  15 , Osvaldo Chiara  16 , Federico Coccolini  7 , Raul Coimbra  17 , Francesco Cortese  18 , Zaza Demetrashvili  19 , Salomone Di Saverio  13 , Jose J Diaz  20 , Valery N Egiev  21 , Paula Ferrada  22 , Gustavo P Fraga  23 , Wagih M Ghnnam  24 , Jae Gil Lee  25 , Carlos A Gomes  26 , Andreas Hecker  27 , Torsten Herzog  28 , Jae Il Kim  29 , Kenji Inaba  30 , Arda Isik  31 , Aleksandar Karamarkovic  32 , Jeffry Kashuk  33 , Vladimir Khokha  34 , Andrew W Kirkpatrick  35 , Yoram Kluger  36 , Kaoru Koike  37 , Victor Y Kong  38 , Ari Leppaniemi  39 , Gustavo M Machain  40 , Ronald V Maier  41 , Sanjay Marwah  42 , Michael E McFarlane  43 , Giulia Montori  7 , Ernest E Moore  44 , Ionut Negoi  45 , Iyiade Olaoye  46 , Abdelkarim H Omari  47 , Carlos A Ordonez  48 , Bruno M Pereira  23 , Gerson A Pereira Júnior  49 , Guntars Pupelis  50 , Tarcisio Reis  51 , Boris Sakakhushev  52 , Norio Sato  53 , Helmut A Segovia Lohse  40 , Vishal G Shelat  54 , Kjetil Søreide  55   56 , Waldemar Uhl  28 , Jan Ulrych  57 , Harry Van Goor  58 , George C Velmahos  59 , Kuo-Ching Yuan  60 , Imtiaz Wani  61 , Dieter G Weber  62 , Sanoop K Zachariah  63 , Fausto Catena  64
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The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

Massimo Sartelli et al. World J Emerg Surg. .

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  • Erratum to: The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections.
    Sartelli M, Chichom-Mefire A, Labricciosa FM, Hardcastle T, Abu-Zidan FM, Adesunkanmi AK, Ansaloni L, Bala M, Balogh ZJ, Beltrán MA, Ben-Ishay O, Biffl WL, Birindelli A, Cainzos MA, Catalini G, Ceresoli M, Che Jusoh A, Chiara O, Coccolini F, Coimbra R, Cortese F, Demetrashvili Z, Di Saverio S, Diaz JJ, Egiev VN, Ferrada P, Fraga GP, Ghnnam WM, Lee JG, Gomes CA, Hecker A, Herzog T, Kim JI, Inaba K, Isik A, Karamarkovic A, Kashuk J, Khokha V, Kirkpatrick AW, Kluger Y, Koike K, Kong VY, Leppaniemi A, Machain GM, Maier RV, Marwah S, McFarlane ME, Montori G, Moore EE, Negoi I, Olaoye I, Omari AH, Ordonez CA, Pereira BM, Pereira Júnior GA, Pupelis G, Reis T, Sakakushev B, Sato N, Segovia Lohse HA, Shelat VG, Søreide K, Uhl W, Ulrych J, Van Goor H, Velmahos GC, Yuan KC, Wani I, Weber DG, Zachariah SK, Catena F. Sartelli M, et al. World J Emerg Surg. 2017 Aug 2;12:36. doi: 10.1186/s13017-017-0148-z. eCollection 2017. World J Emerg Surg. 2017. PMID: 28785302 Free PMC article.

Abstract

Intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) are common surgical emergencies and have been reported as major contributors to non-trauma deaths in the emergency departments worldwide. The cornerstones of effective treatment of IAIs are early recognition, adequate source control, and appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Prompt resuscitation of patients with ongoing sepsis is of utmost important. In hospitals worldwide, non-acceptance of, or lack of access to, accessible evidence-based practices and guidelines result in overall poorer outcome of patients suffering IAIs. The aim of this paper is to promote global standards of care in IAIs and update the 2013 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections.

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

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