Marie Dejonckheere, Massimo Antonelli, Kostoula Arvaniti, Koen Blot, Ben CreaghBrown, Dylan W de Lange, Jan De Waele, Mieke Deschepper, Yalim Dikmen, George Dimopoulos, Christian Eckmann, Guy Francois, Massimo Girardis, Despoina Koulenti, Sonia Labeau, Jeffrey Lipman, Fernando Lipovestky, Emilio Maseda, Philippe Montravers, Adam Mikstacki, JoseArtur Paiva, Cecilia Pereyra, Jordi Rello, JeanFrancois Timsit, Dirk Vogelaers, Stijn Blot
BACKGROUND: The AbSeS -classification defines specific phenotypes of patients with intra-abdominal infection based on the (1) setting of infection onset (community-acquired, early onset, or late-onset hospital-acquired), (2) presence or absence of either localized or diffuse peritonitis, and (3) severity of disease expression (infection, sepsis, or septic shock). This classification system demonstrated reliable risk stratification in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with intra-abdominal infection...
January 2024: J Intensive Med