New concept of diagnosis and treatment of intra-abdominal infections:consensus and controversies / 中国实用外科杂志

ABSTRACT

The incidence of intra-abdominal infections(IAIs)is increasing theses years which receives more and more attention in the clinic.Especially the complicated IAIs,post-operative IAIs,intra-abdominal candidiasis and abdominal sepsis get an unacceptably high mortality,which is the most difficult and dispirited for the clinicians.How to recognize these IAIs and implement adequate treatment in the early time are the keys to improve the prognosis.Early diagnosis and accurate classification are the keys to assess the severity.Effectiveinfection source control is the core of treatment.For the IAIs accompany with organ dysfunction,surgeon-predominant IAIs multiple disciplinary team(MDT)should be establish to improve the diagnosis and treatment of IAIs.