Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma

Abdominal Sepsis: What is the best score ?

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors

Mirko Barone 1
Massimo Ippoliti 1
Felice Mucilli 2

1 Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, "SS. Annunziata" University Hospital of Chieti (Italy)

2 Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, "SS. Annunziata" University Hospital of Chieti (Italy); School of Medicine, "G. d'Annunzio" University, Chieti (Italy)

https://doi.org/10.34172/jept.2024.03
Abstract
Intra-abdominal infections still represent a challenge for surgeons. The systemic physiopathological effects of infection rapidly progress, leading to sepsis and multiorgan failure, whose prognosis is often dramatic. Mortality risk stratification using scoring systems would unequivocally aid the early identification of patients at risk of disease progression.

Keywords

Abdominal sepsis
Peritonitis
Prediction tools
Risk stratification
Emergency surgery
Subjects
1. Dimitrov E, Minkov G, Enchev E, Yovtchev Y. The World Society of Emergency Surgery Sepsis Severity Score shows no
prognostic superiority over the Mannheim Peritonitis Index in patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections. J Emerg Med Trauma Acute Care. 2022;2022(4):24. doi: 10.5339/
jemtac.2022.24.
2. Sartelli M, Abu-Zidan FM, Catena F, Griffiths EA, Di Saverio S, Coimbra R, et al. Global validation of the WSES Sepsis
Severity Score for patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections: a prospective multicentre study (WISS Study).
World J Emerg Surg. 2015;10:61. doi: 10.1186/s13017-015-0055-0.
Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma
Volume 9, Issue 2
July 2023
Pages 79-80

  • Receive Date 26 August 2023
  • Revise Date 19 September 2023
  • Accept Date 08 October 2023

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