Society guideline links: Appendicitis in adults

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Appendicitis in children".)

International

●Italian Society of Surgical Pathophysiology (SIFIPAC)/World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES)/Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery (SICG)/Italian Society of Emergency Medicine (SIMEU): Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis in the elderly, 2019 edition (published 2020)

●WSES: Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis, update of the Jerusalem guidelines (2020)

●WSES: The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective – Guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections (2017)

United States

●American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): Clinical policy – Critical issues in the evaluation and management of emergency department patients with suspected appendicitis (2023)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on right lower quadrant pain (2022)

●American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM): Clinical practice statement – What is the role of intravenous and intraoral contrast in CT evaluation of acute appendicitis? (2019)

●Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST): Management of acute appendicitis in adults – A practice management guideline (2019)

●Surgical Infection Society (SIS): Revised guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal infection (2017)

●SIS and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Guidelines for diagnosis and management of complicated intra-abdominal infection in adults and children (ARCHIVED; published 2010)