Complicated intra-abdominal infections in a worldwide context: an observational prospective study (CIAOW Study).

Sartelli, Massimo; Catena, Fausto; Ansaloni, Luca; Moore, Ernest; Malangoni, Mark; Velmahos, George; Coimbra, Raul; Koike, Kaoru; Leppaniemi, Ari; Biffl, Walter; Balogh, Zsolt; Bendinelli, Cino; Gupta, Sanjay; Kluger, Yoram; Agresta, Ferdinando; Di Saverio, Salomone; Tugnoli, Gregorio; Jovine, Elio; Ordonez, Carlos; Augusto Gomes, Carlos; Alves Pereira Junior, Gerson; Yuan, Kuo-Ching; Bala, Miklosh; P Peev, Miroslav; Cui, Yunfeng; Marwah, Sanjay; Zachariah, Sanoop; Sakakushev, Boris; Kong, Victor; Ahmed, Adamu; Abbas, Ashraf; Alessandro Teixeira Gonsaga, Ricardo; Guercioni, Gianluca; Vettoretto, Nereo; Poiasina, Elia; Ben-Ishay, Offir; Díaz-Nieto, Rafael; Massalou, Damien; Skrovina, Matej; Gerych, Ihor; Augustin, Goran; Kenig, Jakub; Khokha, Vladimir; Tranà, Cristian; Yuh Yen Kok, Kenneth; Chichom Mefire, Alain; Gil Lee, Jae; Hong, Suk-Kyung; Alfredo Segovia Lohse, Helmut; Ghnnam, Wagih

doi:10.1186/1749-7922-8-1

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Complicated intra-abdominal infections in a worldwide context: an observational prospective study (CIAOW Study).

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Authors:

Massimo Sartelli

Fausto Catena

Luca Ansaloni

Abstract

Despite advances in diagnosis, surgery, and antimicrobial therapy, mortality rates associated with complicated intra-abdominal infections remain exceedingly high. The World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) has designed the CIAOW study in order to describe the clinical, microbiological, and manage...

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