Abdominal Sepsis: What is the best score ?

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.

Keywords:

abdominal sepsis , Peritonitis , prediction tools , risk stratification , emergency surgery