%0 Journal Article %T 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections: Risk Assessment, Diagnostic Imaging, and Microbiological Evaluation in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People. %A Bonomo RA %A Chow AW %A Edwards MS %A Humphries R %A Tamma PD %A Abrahamian FM %A Bessesen M %A Dellinger EP %A Goldstein E %A Hayden MK %A Kaye K %A Potoski BA %A BaƱo JR %A Sawyer R %A Skalweit M %A Snydman DR %A Pahlke S %A Donnelly K %A Loveless J %J Clin Infect Dis %V 0 %N 0 %D 2024 Jul 5 %M 38965057 %F 20.999 %R 10.1093/cid/ciae346 %X As the first part of an update to the clinical practice guideline on the diagnosis and management of complicated intra-abdominal infections in adults, children, and pregnant people, developed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the panel presents twenty-one updated recommendations. These recommendations span risk assessment, diagnostic imaging, and microbiological evaluation. The panel's recommendations are based upon evidence derived from systematic literature reviews and adhere to a standardized methodology for rating the certainty of evidence and strength of recommendation according to the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation) approach.