International guidelines

Europe

Adult appendicitis: clinical practice guidelines

Published by:French Society of Digestive Surgery

Last published:2021

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

Published by:European Association for Endoscopic Surgery

Last published:2016

North America

SAGES guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis

Published by:Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

Last published:2024

IDSA 2024 guideline update on the risk assessment, diagnostic imaging, and microbiological evaluation of complicated intra-abdominal infections in adults, children, and pregnant people

Published by:Infectious Diseases Society of America

Last published:2024

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

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2018

Oceania

Acute abdominal pain

Published by:Starship Child Health

Last published:2024

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

WSES Jerusalem guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis

Published by:World Society of Emergency Surgery

Last published:2020

The SIFIPAC/WSES/SICG/SIMEU guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis in the elderly

Published by:World Society of Emergency Surgery

Last published:2019

The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

Published by:World Society of Emergency Surgery

Last published:2017

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