BookMassimo Sartelli, Matteo Bassetti, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, editors.
Classification and principals of treatment -- Inflammatory mediators in Intra-abdominal sepsis -- Intra-abdominal sepsis and imaging considerations -- High-risk patients and prognostic factors for abdominal sepsis -- Acute appendicitis: what is the best strategy to treat acute appendicites (both complicated and uncomplicated)? -- Acute cholecystitis -- Acute cholangitis -- Pyogenic liver abscess -- Gastroduodenal perforations -- Small bowel perforations -- Acute colonic diverticulitis -- Postoperative peritonitis: etiology, diagnosis, and treatment -- Damage control surgery in managing abdominal sepsis (Fausto Catena, Italy) -- Ongoing peritonitis -- Evolving treatment strategies for severe Clostridium difficile colitis: defining the therapeutic window -- Complicated intra-dominal infections: principles of antimicrobial therapy -- Antimicrobial armamentarium -- Antimicrobial resistance in intra-abdominal infections -- The role of Candida in abdominal sepsis -- The value and interpretation of microbial specimens in the management of cIAI -- Appropriate antimicrobial therapy in critically ill patients -- Hemodynamic support -- Adjunctive therapies in abdominal sepsis -- Impact and management of abdominal compartment syndrome in patients with abdominal sepsis -- Thromboprophylaxis in patiens with abdominal sepsis -- Nutritional support for abdominal sepsis.