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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Acute kidney injury in adults" and "Society guideline links: Ventral hernia" and "Society guideline links: Traumatic abdominal and non-genitourinary retroperitoneal injury".)
International
●WSES: Consensus paper on the role of open abdomen in non-trauma patient (2017)
●WSES: Guidelines for management of intraabdominal infections from a global perspective (2017)
●WSES: Guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections (2013)
Canada
United States
Europe
●European Burns Association (EBA): European practice guidelines for burn care (2017)