Sartelli, MassimoChichom-Mefire, AlainLabricciosa, Francesco MHardcastle, TimothyAbu-Zidan, Fikri MAdesunkanmi, Abdulrashid KAnsaloni, LucaBala, MikloshBalogh, Zsolt JBeltrán, Marcelo ABen-Ishay, OffirBiffl, Walter LBirindelli, AriannaCainzos, Miguel ACatalini, GianbattistaCeresoli, MarcoChe Jusoh, AsriChiara, OsvaldoCoccolini, FedericoCoimbra, RaulCortese, FrancescoDemetrashvili, ZazaDi Saverio, SalomoneDiaz, Jose JEgiev, Valery NFerrada, PaulaFraga, Gustavo PGhnnam, Wagih MLee, Jae GGomes, Carlos AHecker, AndreasHerzog, TorstenKim, Jae IInaba, KenjiIsik, ArdaKaramarkovic, AleksandarKashuk, JeffryKhokha, VladimirKirkpatrick, Andrew WKluger, YoramKoike, KaoruKong, Victor YLeppaniemi, AriMachain, Gustavo MMaier, Ronald VMarwah, SanjayMcFarlane, Michael EMontori, GiuliaMoore, Ernest ENegoi, IonutOlaoye, IyiadeOmari, Abdelkarim HOrdonez, Carlos APereira, Bruno MPereira Júnior, Gerson APupelis, GuntarsReis, TarcisioSakakushev, BorisSato, NorioSegovia Lohse, Helmut AShelat, Vishal GSøreide, KjetilUhl, WaldemarUlrych, JanVan Goor, HarryVelmahos, George CYuan, Kuo-ChingWani, ImtiazWeber, Dieter GZachariah, Sanoop KCatena, Fausto2018-09-262018-09-262017-07-10World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2017 Jul 10;12(1):29http://hdl.handle.net/1880/10801010.11575/PRISM/44044Abstract Intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) are common surgical emergencies and have been reported as major contributors to non-trauma deaths in the emergency departments worldwide. The cornerstones of effective treatment of IAIs are early recognition, adequate source control, and appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Prompt resuscitation of patients with ongoing sepsis is of utmost important. In hospitals worldwide, non-acceptance of, or lack of access to, accessible evidence-based practices and guidelines result in overall poorer outcome of patients suffering IAIs. The aim of this paper is to promote global standards of care in IAIs and update the 2013 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections.Journal Article2018-09-26enThe Author(s).https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-017-0141-6