title: [Special aspects of abdominal sepsis].
abstract: Abdominal sepsis remains a major cause of perioperative morbidity and mortality in surgical intensive care units. It must be considered a life-threatening condition and requires multidisciplinary coordination of intensive care. Apart from the local abdominal infection (peritonitis), abdominal sepsis is defined by extraperitoneal systemic reactions potentially leading to septic shock and death in the further course. Early and radical focus sanitation as well as aggressive systemic antimicrobial therapy remain the causal therapy strategies of abdominal sepsis.
authors: Klinik und Poliklinik für Chirurgie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Maier
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Traeger
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Westerholt
authors: C-D
authors: CD
authors: Heidecke
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005858:Germany; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy