Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Appendicitis in adults".)
International
Canada
United States
●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on suspected appendicitis – Child (2018)
●Surgical Infection Society (SIS): Revised guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal infection (2017)
●SIS and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of complicated intra-abdominal infection in adults and children (ARCHIVED; published 2010)
Europe
●European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES): Consensus statement for diagnosis and management of acute appendicitis – Consensus development conference 2015 (published 2016)
Australia–New Zealand
Japan
●[In Japanese] Japanese Society of Emergency Pediatrics (JSEP): Evidence-based children's abdominal emergency practice guidelines – Part II: Pediatric acute appendicitis practice guidelines (2017)
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