title: Acute inflammatory surgical disease.
abstract: Infectious and inflammatory diseases comprise some of the most common gastrointestinal disorders resulting in hospitalization in the United States. Accordingly, they occupy a significant proportion of the workload of the acute care surgeon. This article discusses the diagnosis, management, and treatment of appendicitis, acute cholecystitis/cholangitis, acute pancreatitis, diverticulitis, and Clostridium difficile colitis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, CPZ 810, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: pfagenholz@partners.org.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Fagenholz
authors.forename: Marc A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Moya
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000208:Acute Disease; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000601:surgery; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014481:United States
keywords: Appendicitis; Cholangitis; Cholecystitis; Clostridium difficile; Colitis; Diverticulitis; Pancreatitis