• Med. Clin. North Am. · Nov 2012

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    Intra-abdominal and pelvic emergencies.

    • Sushma Singh and Nancy Misri Khardori.
    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA.
    • Med. Clin. North Am. 2012 Nov 1; 96 (6): 1171-91.

    AbstractThe diversity in intra-abdominal/pelvic infections is more than any other organ system. Several clinical scenarios can end up in intra-abdominal infections. The common causes include penetrating abdominal trauma, abdominal surgery, diverticulitis, appendicitis, pancreatitis, biliary disease, perforated viscus, and primary peritonitis. Intra-abdominal infections can masquerade as fever of obscure origin or as dysfunction of neighboring organs, such as lower lobe pneumonia related to a subphrenic abscess or an abscess causing small bowel obstruction. An urgent surgical intervention is the mainstay of the management of serious intra-abdominal infections.Copyright © 2012. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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