Management of abdominal sepsis

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 383, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-43

  Berger, D ^a   Buttenschoen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal sepsis; Continuos peritoneal lavage; Endotoxin; Interventional drainage; Microbiology; Pathophysiology; Peritonitis; Planned relaparotomy

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROTOMY; MICROBIOLOGY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

HUMANS; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031957849     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004230050089     Document Type: Review

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