Diagnosis and management of complicated intra-abdominal infection in adults and children: guidelines by the Surgical Infection Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Evidence-based guidelines for managing patients with intra-abdominal infection were prepared by an Expert Panel of the Surgical Infection Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. These updated guidelines replace those previously published in 2002 and 2003. The guidelines are intended for treating patients who either have these infections or may be at risk for them. New information, based on publications from the period 2003-2008, is incorporated into this guideline document. The panel has also added recommendations for managing intra-abdominal infection in children, particularly where such management differs from that of adults; for appendicitis in patients of all ages; and for necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates.
Solomkin
Joseph S
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Department of Surgery, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0558, USA. joseph.solomkin@uc.edu
Mazuski
John E
JE
Bradley
John S
JS
Rodvold
Keith A
KA
Goldstein
Ellie J C
EJ
Baron
Ellen J
EJ
O'Neill
Patrick J
PJ
Chow
Anthony W
AW
Dellinger
E Patchen
EP
Eachempati
Soumitra R
SR
Gorbach
Sherwood
S
Hilfiker
Mary
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May
Addison K
AK
Nathens
Avery B
AB
Sawyer
Robert G
RG
Bartlett
John G
JG
D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents