TY - JOUR
T1 - Current concept of abdominal sepsis
T2 - WSES position paper
AU - Sartelli, Massimo
AU - Catena, Fausto
AU - Di Saverio, Salomone
AU - Ansaloni, Luca
AU - Malangoni, Mark
AU - Moore, Ernest E.
AU - Moore, Frederick A.
AU - Ivatury, Rao
AU - Coimbra, Raul
AU - Leppaniemi, Ari
AU - Biffl, Walter
AU - Kluger, Yoram
AU - Fraga, Gustavo P.
AU - Ordonez, Carlos A.
AU - Marwah, Sanjay
AU - Gerych, Igor
AU - Lee, Jae G.
AU - Tranà, Cristian
AU - Coccolini, Federico
AU - Corradetti, Francesco
AU - Kirkby-Bott, James
PY - 2014/3/27
Y1 - 2014/3/27
N2 - Although sepsis is a systemic process, the pathophysiological cascade of events may vary from region to region.Abdominal sepsis represents the host's systemic inflammatory response to bacterial peritonitis.It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates, and is the second most common cause of sepsis-related mortality in the intensive care unit.The review focuses on sepsis in the specific setting of severe peritonitis.
AB - Although sepsis is a systemic process, the pathophysiological cascade of events may vary from region to region.Abdominal sepsis represents the host's systemic inflammatory response to bacterial peritonitis.It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates, and is the second most common cause of sepsis-related mortality in the intensive care unit.The review focuses on sepsis in the specific setting of severe peritonitis.
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U2 - 10.1186/1749-7922-9-22
DO - 10.1186/1749-7922-9-22
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84899115910
VL - 9
JO - World Journal of Emergency Surgery
JF - World Journal of Emergency Surgery
SN - 1749-7922
IS - 1
M1 - 22
ER -