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Title Abdominal sepsis : a multidisciplinary approach / Massimo Sartelli, Matteo Bassetti, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, editors
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Hot topics in acute care surgery and trauma
Hot topics in acute care surgery and trauma.
Contents Intro; Foreword; Preface; Contents; 1: Classification and Principals of Treatment; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Classification; 1.2.1 Intra-abdominal Infections; 1.2.2 Peritonitis; 1.2.2.1 Primary Peritonitis; 1.2.2.2 Secondary Peritonitis; 1.2.2.3 Tertiary Peritonitis; 1.3 Prognostic Evaluation; 1.4 Treatment; 1.4.1 Source Control; 1.4.1.1 Drainage; 1.4.1.2 Damage Control Laparotomy; 1.4.1.3 Planned Relaparotomy Versus On-Demand Relaparotomy; 1.4.1.4 Definitive Management; 1.4.2 Resuscitation and Organ Support; 1.4.3 Antimicrobial Therapy; 1.4.3.1 Empiric Antibiotic Therapy
1.4.3.2 Length of TreatmentReferences; 2: Inflammatory Mediators in Intra- abdominal Sepsis; 2.1 Abdominal Sepsis, Inflammatory Mediators, and Possible Therapeutic Strategies; 2.2 Abdominal Sepsis; 2.3 Inflammatory Mediators and Potential Compartmentalization; 2.4 Serum Biomediators in Abdominal Sepsis; 2.4.1 C-Reactive Protein; 2.4.2 Procalcitonin; 2.4.3 IL-6; 2.4.4 Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns; 2.4.5 Interventional Trials; 2.4.6 Inflammatory Ascites; 2.4.7 The Implications of Inflammatory Ascites
2.5 Preventing Systemic Dissemination of Intraperitoneal Inflammatory Mediators2.6 Practical Bedside Approaches to Inflammatory Ascites Drainage; References; 3: Intra-abdominal Sepsis and Imaging Considerations; 3.1 Anatomy and Physiology; 3.2 Peptic Ulcer Perforation; 3.3 Acute Cholecystitis; 3.4 Pancreatitis; 3.5 Mesenteric Ischemia; 3.6 Acute Diverticulitis; 3.7 Clostridium difficile Colitis; References; 4: High-Risk Patients and Prognostic Factors for Abdominal Sepsis; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 High-Risk Factors for IAS; 4.3 Prognostic Factors for Patients with IAS Diagnosis
4.3.1 Other Factors Affecting PrognosisReferences; 5: Acute Appendicitis: What Is the Best Strategy to Treat Acute Appendicitis (Both Complicated and Uncomplicated)?; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Surgical Perspectives; References; 6: Acute Cholecystitis; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Definition; 6.3 Imaging; 6.4 Acute Calculous Cholecystitis (ACC); 6.4.1 Classification; 6.4.2 Common Bile Duct Stones Associated to Acute Calculous Cholecystitis; 6.4.3 Treatment; 6.4.3.1 Surgical Therapy; Tokyo Guidelines; WSES Guidelines; Patients Selection for Surgery; Timing for Surgery; Type of Surgery
6.4.3.2 Antibiotic Therapy6.4.3.3 Percutaneous Cholecystostomy; 6.5 Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis (AAC); 6.5.1 Pathogenesis and Diagnosis; 6.5.2 Treatment; References; 7: Acute Cholangitis; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Pathophysiology; 7.3 Clinical Features; 7.4 Diagnosis; 7.5 Causes and Severity Classification; 7.5.1 Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)- Associated Cholangiopathy; 7.6 Management; 7.6.1 Medical Management; 7.6.2 Antibiotics; 7.6.3 Invasive Procedures; 7.6.3.1 Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Summary This book examines in detail the topic of sepsis, with a focus on intra-abdominal sepsis. Particular attention is devoted to source control in the management of the infection, antimicrobial therapy and sepsis support, which represent the cornerstones of treating patients with abdominal sepsis. The importance of a multidisciplinary approach is highlighted not only by the instructive and informative sections on the acute manifestations of appendicitis, cholecystitis, and cholangitis, perforations and diverticulitis, Clostridium difficile infection and the role of candida in abdominal sepsis, but also by an extensive discussion of issues including antimicrobial resistance, damage control surgery, principles of antimicrobial therapy, hemodynamic support, adjunctive therapies, and thromboprophylaxis. Abdominal sepsis is the host's systemic inflammatory response to intra-abdominal infections. It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates, and represents the second most common cause of sepsis-related mortality at intensive care units. Gathering contributions by authoritative experts from all around the world, this book will allow acute care surgeons, abdominal surgeons, intensive care clinicians, and students to broaden their understanding of intra-abdominal sepsis in daily clinical practice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 26, 2018)
Subject Abdomen -- Infections
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Digestive System Diseases -- microbiology
Intraabdominal Infections -- therapy
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Intraabdominal Infections -- diagnosis
Sepsis -- therapy
Critical care surgery.
Infectious & contagious diseases.
Intensive care medicine.
Medical microbiology & virology.
General surgery.
MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Abdomen -- Infections
Form Electronic book
Author Sartelli, Massimo, editor
Bassetti, Matteo, editor
Martin-Loeches, Ignacio, editor
ISBN 9783319597041
3319597043