The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines 2012: Update for Emergency Physicians

The Surviving Sepsis Campaign recently developed and published an updated version in 2012 of the international guidelines for the assessment and management of severe sepsis and septic shock. These guidelines reflect literature published in the last 5 years, and many of the recommendations have direc...

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Published inAnnals of emergency medicine Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 35 - 47
Main Authors Jones, Alan E., MD, Puskarich, Michael A., MD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Mosby, Inc 01.01.2014
Subjects
Emergency
Emergency Medicine - education
Emergency Medicine - standards
Health Promotion - standards
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Sepsis - therapy
United States
United States
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Summary:The Surviving Sepsis Campaign recently developed and published an updated version in 2012 of the international guidelines for the assessment and management of severe sepsis and septic shock. These guidelines reflect literature published in the last 5 years, and many of the recommendations have direct implications for emergency physicians. In this review, we present a concise summary of these recommendations, with a particular focus on those that have changed and those that have direct relevance to the clinical practice of emergency medicine.
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ISSN:0196-0644
1097-6760
DOI:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.08.004