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Fausto Catena is affiliated with Ospedale "M. Bufalini" di Cesena in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant number of publications related to surgery and emergency medical care.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Within this overarching field, Catena has contributed substantially to several subfields:

  • Surgery
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Oncology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

The key topics of their work cover:

  • Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Abdominal Surgery and Complications
  • Diverticular Disease and Complications
  • Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
  • Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries

Fausto Catena has published extensively in several journals, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • World Journal of Emergency Surgery
  • Antibiotics
  • Updates in Surgery
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Some of the recent papers include:

  • Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines, 2020, World Journal of Emergency Surgery
  • 2020 World Society of Emergency Surgery updated guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute calculus cholecystitis, 2020, World Journal of Emergency Surgery
  • Surgery in COVID-19 patients: operational directives, 2020, World Journal of Emergency Surgery
  • 2020 update of the WSES guidelines for the management of acute colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting, 2020, World Journal of Emergency Surgery
  • Perforated and bleeding peptic ulcer: WSES guidelines, 2020, World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Luca Ansaloni
  • Massimo Sartelli
  • Federico Coccolini
  • Salomone Di Saverio
  • Belinda De Simone

Fausto Catena also has contributed to book publications, notably with Springer International Publishing on the title Statistics and Research Methods for Acute Care and General Surgeons published in 2022.

Best Publications

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

    Salomone Di Saverio;Salomone Di Saverio;Mauro Podda;Belinda De Simone;Marco Ceresoli

  • 2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis

    Ari Leppäniemi;Matti Tolonen;Antonio Tarasconi;Helmut Segovia-Lohse

  • Acute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery

    Miklosh Bala;Jeffry Kashuk;Ernest E. Moore;Yoram Kluger

  • Wses Jerusalem Guidelines For Diagnosis And Treatment Of Acute Appendicitis

    Salomone Di Saverio;Arianna Birindelli;Micheal D. Kelly;Fausto Catena

  • Surgery in COVID-19 patients: operational directives.

    Federico Coccolini;Gennaro Perrone;Massimo Chiarugi;Francesco Di Marzo

  • Open versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis. Systematic review and meta-analysis

    Federico Coccolini;Fausto Catena;Michele Pisano;Federico Gheza

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

    Massimo Sartelli;Alain Chichom-Mefire;Francesco M. Labricciosa;Timothy Hardcastle

  • 2016 WSES guidelines on acute calculous cholecystitis

    L. Ansaloni;M. Pisano;F. Coccolini;A.B. Peitzmann

  • Bologna guidelines for diagnosis and management of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO): 2017 update of the evidence-based guidelines from the world society of emergency surgery ASBO working group

    Richard P. G. ten Broek;Pepijn Krielen;Salomone Di Saverio;Federico Coccolini

  • Pelvic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines

    Federico Coccolini;Philip F. Stahel;Giulia Montori;Walter Biffl

  • Risk factors and incidence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients after elective and emergency surgery

    L. Ansaloni;F. Catena;R. Chattat;D. Fortuna

  • 2013 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

    Massimo Sartelli;Pierluigi Viale;Fausto Catena;Luca Ansaloni

  • Splenic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines for adult and pediatric patients

    Federico Coccolini;Giulia Montori;Fausto Catena;Yoram Kluger

  • Complicated intra-abdominal infections worldwide: the definitive data of the CIAOW Study

    Massimo Sartelli;Fausto Catena;Luca Ansaloni;Federico Coccolini

  • 2017 WSES guidelines on colon and rectal cancer emergencies: obstruction and perforation

    Michele Pisano;Luigi Zorcolo;Cecilia Merli;Stefania Cimbanassi

  • 2020 World Society of Emergency Surgery updated guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute calculus cholecystitis

    Michele Pisano;Niccolò Allievi;Kurinchi Gurusamy;Giuseppe Borzellino

  • The NOTA Study (Non Operative Treatment for Acute Appendicitis): prospective study on the efficacy and safety of antibiotics (amoxicillin and clavulanic acid) for treating patients with right lower quadrant abdominal pain and long-term follow-up of conservatively treated suspected appendicitis.

    Salomone Di Saverio;Andrea Sibilio;Eleonora Giorgini;Andrea Biscardi

  • 2020 update of the WSES guidelines for the management of acute colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting

    Massimo Sartelli;Dieter G. Weber;Yoram Kluger;Luca Ansaloni

  • Emergency surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: what you need to know for practice.

    B De Simone;E Chouillard;S Di Saverio;L Pagani

  • Bologna guidelines for diagnosis and management

    Salomone Di Saverio;Federico Coccolini;Marica Galati;Nazareno Smerieri

Frequent Co-Authors

Luca Ansaloni
Luca Ansaloni University of Pavia
Massimo Sartelli
Massimo Sartelli University of Macerata
Salomone Di Saverio
Salomone Di Saverio University of Insubria
Ernest E. Moore
Ernest E. Moore University of Colorado Denver
Ari Leppäniemi
Ari Leppäniemi University of Helsinki
Raul Coimbra
Raul Coimbra Riverside University Health System - Medical Center
Walter L. Biffl
Walter L. Biffl University of California, Irvine
Antonio Daniele Pinna
Antonio Daniele Pinna University of Bologna
George C. Velmahos
George C. Velmahos Harvard University
Andrew W. Kirkpatrick
Andrew W. Kirkpatrick University of Calgary

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