Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008

Erratum in Crit Care Med. 2008 Apr;36(4):1394-6. 
\nAbstract
\nOBJECTIVE: To provide an update to the original Surviving Sepsis Campaign clinical management guidelines, "Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock," published in 2004.
\nDESIGN: Modified Delphi method with a consensus conference of 55 international experts, several subsequent meetings of subgroups and key individuals, teleconferences, and electronic-based discussion among subgroups and among the entire committee. This process was conducted independently of any industry funding.
\nMETHODS: We used the Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system to guide…