GuidelineWorld journal of emergency surgery : WJES2021
Acute abdomen in the immunocompromised patient: WSES, SIS-E, WSIS, AAST, and GAIS guidelines.
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64 authors at 20 institutions in 19 countries.
Federico CoccoliniGeneral, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital, Via Paradisa, 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy. federico.coccolini@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6364-4186
Mario ImprotaEmergency Department, Pavia University Hospital, Pavia, Italy.
Massimo SartelliGeneral and Emergency Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy.
Kemal RasaDepartment of Surgery, Anadolu Medical Center, Kocaali, Turkey.
Robert SawyerGeneral Surgery Department, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
Raul CoimbraDepartment of General Surgery, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA, USA.
Massimo ChiarugiGeneral, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital, Via Paradisa, 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
Andrey LitvinDepartment of Surgical Disciplines, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia.
Timothy HardcastleEmergency and Trauma Surgery, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Mayville, South Africa.
Francesco ForforiIntensive Care Unit, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
Jean-Louis VincentDepartement of Intensive Care, Erasme Univ Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Andreas HeckerDepartementof General and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Richard Ten BroekGeneral Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Luigi BonavinaGeneral Surgery, San Donato Hospital, Milano, Italy.
Mircea ChiricaGeneral Surgery, CHUGA-CHU Grenoble Alpes UGA-Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
Ugo BoggiGeneral Surgery, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
Emmanuil Pikoulis3rd Department of Surgery, Attiko Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Salomone Di SaverioGeneral Surgery, Varese University Hospital, Varese, Italy.
Philippe MontraversDépartement d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, CHU Bichat Claude Bernard, Paris, France.
Goran AugustinDepartment of Surgery, Zagreb University Hospital Centre and School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Dario TartagliaGeneral, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital, Via Paradisa, 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
Enrico CicuttinGeneral, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital, Via Paradisa, 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
Camilla CremoniniGeneral, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital, Via Paradisa, 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
Bruno ViaggiICU Department, Careggi University Hospital, Firenze, Italy.
Belinda De SimoneDepartment of Digestive, Metabolic and Emergency Minimally Invasive Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy/Saint Germain en Laye, Saint Germain en Laye, France.
Manu MalbrainFaculty of Engineering, Department of Electronics and Informatics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Vishal G ShelatGeneral and Emergency Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Paola FugazzolaGeneral and Emergency Surgery, Pavia University Hospital, Pavia, Italy.
Luca AnsaloniGeneral and Emergency Surgery, Pavia University Hospital, Pavia, Italy.
Arda IsikGeneral Surgery, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ines RubioDepartment of General Surgery, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Itani KamalGeneral Surgery, VA Boston Health Care System, Boston University, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Francesco CorradiIntensive Care Unit, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
Antonio TarasconiGeneral Surgery, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy.
Stefano GittoGastroenterology and Transplant Unit, Firenze University Hospital, Firenze, Italy.
Mauro PoddaGeneral and Emergency Surgery, Cagliari University Hospital, Cagliari, Italy.
Anastasia PikoulisMedical Department, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Ari LeppaniemiAbdominal Center, Helsinki University and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Marco CeresoliGeneral Surgery, Monza University Hospital, Monza, Italy.
Oreste RomeoDepartment of Surgery, Western Michigan University School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
Ernest E MooreTrauma Surgery, Denver Health, Denver, CL, USA.
Zaza DemetrashviliGeneral Surgery, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Walter L BifflEmergency and Trauma Surgery, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Imitiaz WaniGeneral Surgery, Government Gousia Hospital, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
Matti TolonenAbdominal Center, Helsinki University and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Therese DuaneEnvision Healthcare, Dallas, TX, USA.
Sameer DhingraNational Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur (NIPER-H), Vaishali, Bihar, India.
Nicola DeAngelisGeneral Surgery Department, Henry Mondor University Hospital, Paris, France.
Edward TanEmergency Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Fikri Abu-ZidanGeneral Surgery, UAE University Hospital, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Carlos OrdonezDivision of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Fundación Valle del Lili, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
Yunfeng CuiDepartment of Surgery, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Nankai Clinical School of Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Francesco LabricciosaGlobal Alliance for Infections in Surgery, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
Gennaro PerroneGeneral Surgery, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy.
Francesco Di MarzoGeneral Surgery, Valtiberina Hospital, Sansepolcro, Italy.
Andrew PeitzmanGeneral Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA.
Boris SakakushevFirst Clinic of General Surgery, University Hospital St George Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Michael SugrueGeneral Surgery, Letterkenny Hospital, Letterkenny, Ireland.
Marja BoermeesterDepartment of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Ramiro Manzano NunezClinical Research Center, Fundacion Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia.
Carlos Augusto GomesDepartment of Surgery, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde de Juiz de Fora, Hospital Universitário Terezinha de Jesus, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Miklosh BalaGeneral Surgery, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Yoram KlugerGeneral Sugery, Ramabam Medical Centre, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Fausto CatenaGeneral Surgery, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy.
University of Parma · ITUniversity of Pavia · ITFundación Valle del Lili · CONational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRRadboud University Nijmegen · NLUniversity of Helsinki · FIWestern Michigan University · USAmsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam · NLAnadolu University · TRAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana · ITAzienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi · ITBoston University · USCentre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy · FRCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble · FRDenver Health Medical Center · USGovernment Medical College · INHôpitaux Universitaires Henri-Mondor · FRHospital Kuala Lumpur · MYHospital Universitario La Paz · ESImmanuel Kant Baltic Federal University · RU
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Abstract
Immunocompromised patients are a heterogeneous and diffuse category frequently presenting to the emergency department with acute surgical diseases. Diagnosis and treatment in immunocompromised patients are often complex and must be multidisciplinary. Misdiagnosis of an acute surgical disease may be followed by increased morbidity and mortality. Delayed diagnosis and treatment of surgical disease occur; these patients may seek medical assistance late because their symptoms are often ambiguous. Also, they develop unique surgical problems that do not affect the general population. Management of this population must be multidisciplinary.This paper presents the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES), Surgical Infection Society Europe (SIS-E), World Surgical Infection Society (WSIS), American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST), and Global Alliance for Infection in Surgery (GAIS) joined guidelines about the management of acute abdomen in immunocompromised patients.
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Immunocompromised HostAbdomen, AcuteEmergency Service, HospitalHumansPostoperative ComplicationsAnesthesiaAppendicitisCancerCholecystitisCytomegalovirusDiverticulitisHematologicImmunocompetenceImmunocompromiseImmunosuppressionInfectionsIntra-abdominalLeukemiaLymphomaOncologicPerforationPerioperativePeritonitisTransplantedTuberculosis
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