ABDOMINAL ABSCESS

Course overview

ABDOMINAL ABSCESSES CONTAIN CELLULAR DEBRIS, ENZYMES, AND LIQUID AND CAN BE FROM AN INFECTIOUS OR NON-INFECTIOUS SOURCE. THEY ARE A COMMON AND SERIOUS CONDITION AND CAN DEVELOP ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE ABDOMEN. HOWEVER, MOST ARE CONFINED TO SOME PART OF THE PERITONEAL CAVITY. TO AVOID THE HIGH MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONDITION, IT MUST BE PROMPTLY DIAGNOSED AND TREATED. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL ABSCESSES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN RECOGNIZING AND TREATING THIS CONDITION.