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01-12-2011 | Study protocol
Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections Observational European study (CIAO Study)
Authors:
Massimo Sartelli, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, Daniel V Lazzareschi, Korhan Taviloglu, Harry Van Goor, Pierluigi Viale, Ari Leppaniemi, Carlo De Werra
Published in:
World Journal of Emergency Surgery
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Issue 1/2011
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Abstract
Complicated intra-abdominal infections are frequently associated with poor prognoses and high morbidity and mortality rates.
Despite advances in diagnosis, surgery, and antimicrobial therapy, mortality rates associated with complicated intra-abdominal infections remain exceedingly high.
In order to describe the clinical, microbiological, and management-related profiles of both community-acquired and healthcare-acquired complicated intra-abdominal infections (IAIs), the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES), in collaboration with the Surgical Infections Society of Europe (SIS-E) and other prominent European surgical societies, has designed the CIAO study.
The CIAO study is a multicenter, observational study and will be carried out in various surgical departments throughout Europe. The study will include patients undergoing surgery or interventional drainage for complicated IAI.