Review
WSES consensus conference: Guidelines for first-line management of intra-abdominal infections
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* Corresponding author: Massimo Sartelli m.sartelli@virgilio.it
1 Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Italy
2 Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine Geriatrics and Nephrologic Diseases, St Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
3 Department of Primary Care & Emergency Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
4 Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Santa Maria Misericordia, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pathology and Medicine, University of Udine, Italy
5 Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
6 Department of Surgery, "Mazzoni" Hospital, Ascoli Piceno Italy
7 Department of Surgical Sciences San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
8 Department of Surgery, University of Ancona, Italy
9 Department of General and Transplant surgery, St Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
10 Department of Surgery, "Ospedali Riuniti" Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
11 Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
12 Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, USA
13 Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, USA
14 Emergency Surgery Department, University of São Paulo, Brazil
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2011, 6:2 doi:10.1186/1749-7922-6-2
Published: 13 January 2011Abstract
Intra-abdominal infections are still associated with high rate of morbidity and mortality.
A multidisciplinary approach to the management of patients with intra-abdominal infections may be an important factor in the quality of care. The presence of a team of health professionals from various disciplines, working in concert, may improve efficiency, outcome, and the cost of care.
A World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) Consensus Conference was held in Bologna on July 2010, during the 1st congress of the WSES, involving surgeons, infectious disease specialists, pharmacologists, radiologists and intensivists with the goal of defining recommendations for the early management of intra-abdominal infections.
This document represents the executive summary of the final guidelines approved by the consensus conference.