International guidelines

United Kingdom

Commissioning guide: emergency general surgery (acute abdominal pain)

Published by:Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland; Royal College of Surgeons of England

Last published:2014

Europe

Adult appendicitis: clinical practice guidelines

Published by:French Society of Digestive Surgery; Society of Abdominal and Digestive Imaging

Last published:2021

Diagnosis and management of acute appendicitis: EAES consensus development conference 2015

Published by:European Association for Endoscopic Surgery

Last published:2016

Laparoscopic approach to acute abdomen

Published by:Società Italiana di Chirurgia Endoscopica e nuove tecnologie; Associazione Chirurghi Ospedalieri Italiani; Società Italiana di Chirurgia; Società Italiana di Chirurgia d'Urgenza e del Trauma; Società Italiana di Chirurgia nell'Ospedalità Privata; European Association for Endoscopic Surgery

Last published:2011

North America

Critical issues in the evaluation and management of emergency department patients with suspected appendicitis

Published by:American College of Emergency Physicians

Last published:2023

ACR appropriateness criteria: right lower quadrant pain - suspected appendicitis

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2022

ACR appropriateness criteria: acute nonlocalized abdominal pain and fever

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2018

Oceania

Acute abdominal pain

Published by:Starship Child Health

Last published:2022

Asia

The practice guidelines for primary care of acute abdomen

Published by:Japanese Society for Abdominal Emergency Medicine; Japan Radiological Society; Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery; Japan Primary Care Association

Last published:2016

Rest of the world

Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines

Published by:World Society of Emergency Surgery

Last published:2020

Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis in the elderly

Published by:Italian Society of Surgical Pathophysiology; Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery; World Society of Emergency Surgery; Italian Society of Emergency Medicine

Last published:2019

The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective

Published by:World Society of Emergency Surgery

Last published:2017

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