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 in:	Annals of emergency medicine Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 35 - 47
Main Authors:	Jones, Alan E., MD, Puskarich, Michael A., MD
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
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