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Development and validation of a multivariable prediction model in open abdomen patients for entero‐atmospheric fistula

ANZ Journal of Surgery, Volume 92, Issue 5, Page 1079-1084, May 2022., 2022
The list of complications associated with open abdomen management is formidable. Of these, Entero‐Atmospheric Fistula (EAF) is the most feared, associated with mortality, cost and disability. This study produced a simple, yet usable, prediction model for EAF that is internally and externally validated and identifies Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait ...
Adam T. Cristaudo, Kerry Hitos, Ronny Gunnarsson, Alan Decosta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenging Obstetrical Management in Generalized Peritonitis during Pregnancy

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Acute abdomen in pregnancy represents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, despite the current advances in modern medicine, since the typical symptoms and altered laboratory parameters mimic normal pregnancy. Acute appendicitis is the most common nonobstetric surgical emergency during pregnancy, with an incidence of 1 per 500‐2000 pregnancies ...
Susana Patrícia Lima Oliveira, Ana Isabel Sousa, Nuno Nogueira Martins, Kyousuke Takeuchi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vacuum-assisted laparostomy with staged peritoneal lavage in management of secondary postoperative diffuse peritonitis: a prospective comparative non-randomised clinical trial

Кубанский научный медицинский вестник, 2022
Background. Secondary postoperative diffuse peritonitis (SPDP) associates with a high incidence of abdominal sepsis and 35–92% mortality rate. An optimal surgical doctrine in this complication in lacking to date.Objectives.
I. B. Uvarov, D. D. Sichinava, A. M. Manuilov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chryseobacterium Indologenes Sepsis and Acute Renal Failure Secondary to Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in a Confirmed COVID‐19 Patient

Case Reports in Critical Care, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Sepsis due to nosocomial pathogens markedly increases morbidity and mortality in the critically ill patient. The SARS‐CoV‐2 (COVID‐19) pandemic has increased the number of patients requiring intensive care unit (ICU) in‐patient management. Chryseobacterium indologenes (C.
Alejandro José Quiroz Alfaro, Iván Javier Rodríguez Acosta, Mayumi Tanaka Takegami, Liliana Michelle Bracho Maya, Roberto Eduardo Quiroz Simanca, Mehmet Doganay   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isolated duodenal injury presenting as Fournier's gangrene: A case report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 9, Issue 6, June 2021., 2021
Isolated duodenal injury is rare as they are usually associated with other visceral injuries. Diagnosis of a duodenal injury is difficult, and its management is challenging. Hence, it is important to timely recognize such injuries for better outcome. Abstract Isolated duodenal injury is rare as they are usually associated with other visceral injuries ...
Tuhin Shah, Brikha Raj Joshi, Abhijeet Kumar, Ganesh Simkhada, Rakesh Kumar Gupta   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland consensus guidelines in emergency colorectal surgery

Colorectal Disease, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 476-547, February 2021., 2021
Abstract Aim There is a requirement for an expansive and up to date review of the management of emergency colorectal conditions seen in adults. The primary objective is to provide detailed evidence‐based guidelines for the target audience of general and colorectal surgeons who are responsible for an adult population and who practise in Great Britain ...
Andrew S. Miller, Kathryn Boyce, Benjamin Box, Matthew D. Clarke, Sarah E. Duff, Niamh M. Foley, Richard J. Guy, Lisa H. Massey, George Ramsay, Dominic A. J. Slade, James A. Stephenson, Phil J. Tozer, Danette Wright   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Síndrome de compartimento abdominal: questionário sobre a sensibilidade dos cirurgiões gerais Portugueses.

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2011
The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (ACS) is a clinical entity recognized for over a century, but only recently its risk criteria, monitorization and treatment have been defined by the World Society of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (WSACS).
Sílvia Costa, Aline Gomes, Susana Graça, António Ferreira, Gonçalo Fernandes, Joana Esteves, Alexandre Costa, Paula Fernandes, Paula Castelões, Jorge Maciel   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) for the Management of Laparostomy Wounds: Case Series [PDF]

, 2014
Laparostomy or the open abdomen can be a lifesaving intervention in surgical emergencies for abdominal compartment syndrome, wound dehiscence, trauma and intra-abdominal sepsis.
Khainga, S O, Gisore, J O
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Controlled laparostomy application method in cases of total peritonitis

Бюллетень сибирской медицины, 2003
The problem of peritonitis remains actual for practical medicine as the lethality and complications in this pathology are on a high level. General purulent peritonitis is the most dangerous one. This article covers the results of treatment of 52 patients
B. I. Alperovich, V. I. Barabash
doaj   +1 more source

Where Sepsis Meets Haemorrhage: A Case Report of Spontaneous Splenic Rupture Following Perforated Diverticulitis [PDF]

Case Reports in Surgery
Atraumatic splenic rupture is an extremely rare cause of deterioration in the context of concurrent abdominal pathology. This case report describes rapid deterioration and shock in a mid‐50s‐year‐old man with acute complicated sigmoid diverticulitis 3 days into admission without history of abdominal trauma. This was associated with a rapid haemoglobin (
Haycock S, Wang A, Mansour K, Le K, MacLeod A.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources