@inbook{7ec6a0a0142d43dd9385fd254d9c1cee,
title = "Immunosuppression in Surgical Patients",
abstract = "Patients with a compromised immune system are a heterogeneous group, and when in need of surgery, have an enhanced perioperative risk. Diagnosis of complications can be difficult because of disguised clinical manifestations, causing a delay in the start of treatment, eventually leading to increased morbidity and mortality rates. Immunocompetence can be altered by stress responses evoked by the onset of acute illness, a surgical procedure, or postoperative complications. This chapter provides an overview of immunosuppressed patients undergoing surgery divided into six different groups: patients on steroids, after transplantation, with HIV or AIDS, elderly, patients with malnutrition, and with malignancy.",
keywords = "AIDS, Abdominal diseases, Cancer, Elderly, Emergency surgery, Frailty, HIV, Immunocompetence, Immunocompromised, Immunosuppression, Malnutrition, Oncologic, Steroids, Transplanted",
author = "Hannah Groenen and Boermeester, {Marja A.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.",
year = "2023",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22599-4_21",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783031225987",
series = "Textbook of Emergency General Surgery: Traumatic and Non-traumatic Surgical Emergencies",
publisher = "Springer International Publishing",
pages = "313--330",
booktitle = "Textbook of Emergency General Surgery",
}