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

Objective In 2003, critical care and infectious disease experts representing 11 international organizations developed management guidelines for severe sepsis and septic shock that would be of practical use for the bedside clinician, under the auspices of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, an international effort to increase awareness and improve outcome in severe sepsis. Design The process included a modified Delphi method, a consensus conference, several subsequent smaller meetings of subgroups and key individuals, teleconferences, and electronic-based discussion among subgroups and among the entire committee. Methods We used a modified Delphi methodology for grading recommendations, built on a 2001 publication…

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  European Society of Intensive Care Medicine