2013 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections.

Sartelli M, Viale P, Catena F, Ansaloni L, Moore E, Malangoni M, Moore FA, Velmahos G, Coimbra R, Ivatury R, Peitzman A, Koike K, Leppaniemi A, Biffl W, Burlew CC, Balogh ZJ, Boffard K, Bendinelli C, Gupta S, Kluger Y, Agresta F, Di Saverio S, Wani I, Escalona A, Ordonez C, Fraga GP, Junior GA, Bala M, Cui Y, Marwah S, Sakakushev B, Kong V, Naidoo N, Ahmed A, Abbas A, Guercioni G, Vettoretto N, Díaz-Nieto R, Gerych I, Tranà C, Faro MP, Yuan KC, Kok KY, Mefire AC, Lee JG, Hong SK, Ghnnam W, Siribumrungwong B, Sato N, Murata K, Irahara T, Coccolini F, Lohse HA, Verni A, Shoko T.

World J Emerg Surg. 2013 Jan 8;8(1):3. doi:10.1186/1749-7922-8-3.

ABSTARCT

Despite advances in diagnosis, surgery, and antimicrobial therapy, mortality rates associated with complicated intra-abdominal infections remain exceedingly high. The 2013 update of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) guidelines for the management of intra-abdominal infections contains evidence-based recommendations for management of patients with intra-abdominal infections.

Correspondence: Sartelli M. Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy. m.sartelli@virgilio.it.

Note: Collaboration work with oversea centre. Mr Kenneth Kok, Department of Surgery, RIPAS Hospital, Bandar Seri Begawan BA1710, Brunei Darussalam.

Article freely available for journal website at http://www.wjes.org/content/8/1/3