title: Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections Observational European study (CIAO Study).
abstract: Complicated intra-abdominal infections are frequently associated with poor prognoses and high morbidity and mortality rates.Despite advances in diagnosis, surgery, and antimicrobial therapy, mortality rates associated with complicated intra-abdominal infections remain exceedingly high.In order to describe the clinical, microbiological, and management-related profiles of both community-acquired and healthcare-acquired complicated intra-abdominal infections (IAIs), the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES), in collaboration with the Surgical Infections Society of Europe (SIS-E) and other prominent European surgical societies, has designed the CIAO study.The CIAO study is a multicenter, observational study and will be carried out in various surgical departments throughout Europe. The study will include patients undergoing surgery or interventional drainage for complicated IAI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Italy. m.sartelli@virgilio.it.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sartelli
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Catena
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ansaloni
authors.forename: Daniel V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Lazzareschi
authors.forename: Korhan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taviloglu
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van Goor
authors.forename: Pierluigi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Viale
authors.forename: Ari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leppaniemi
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Werra