Secondary peritonitis accounts for 1% of urgent or emergent hospital admissions and is the
second leading cause of sepsis in patients in intensive care units globally. Overall mortality …

Despite advances in diagnosis, surgery, and antimicrobial therapy, mortality rates
associated with complicated intra-abdominal infections remain exceedingly high. The 2013 …

Background: Previous evidence-based guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal
infection (IAI) were published by the Surgical Infection Society (SIS) in 1992, 2002, and …

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 …

Purpose To test whether the polymyxin B hemoperfusion (PMX HP) fiber column reduces
mortality and organ failure in peritonitis-induced septic shock (SS) from abdominal …

Background Obese patients are generally believed to be at a higher risk for surgery than
those who are not obese, although convincing data are lacking. Methods We prospectively …

Background To validate a new practical Sepsis Severity Score for patients with complicated
intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs) including the clinical conditions at the admission (severe …

ContextIn patients with severe secondary peritonitis, there are 2 surgical treatment strategies
following an initial emergency laparotomy: planned relaparotomy and relaparotomy only …

Some patients are prone to persisting intraabdominal infection regardless of initial
eradication of the source of infection. Our aim was to characterize patients who had to …

Complicated intra-abdominal infections are an important cause of morbidity and are
frequently associated with poor prognosis, particularly in higher risk patients. Well defined …