Document Type : Letter to Editor
Authors
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)
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.
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