Society guideline links: Sepsis in children and adults

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Aspergillosis".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Bacterial meningitis in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Bacterial meningitis in infants and children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Candidiasis".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Febrile young infants (younger than 90 days of age)".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Fever in children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Intra-abdominal infections in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Meningococcal infection".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Management of Staphylococcus aureus infection".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Neutropenic fever in children with cancer".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Osteomyelitis and prosthetic joint infection in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Sepsis in neonates".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Shock in children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Treatment and prevention of infective endocarditis".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Deep sternal wound infection".)

International

●Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC): International guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock (2021)

●SSC: International guidelines for the management of septic shock and sepsis-associated organ dysfunction in children (2020)

●Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM): Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) in critically ill patients (Part II), 2017 (published 2018)

●SCCM and ESICM: Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) in critically ill patients (Part I) (2017)

Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point on diagnosis and management of sepsis in the paediatric patient (2020)

●CPS: Practice point on diagnosis and management of severe sepsis in the paediatric patient (2020)

United States

●Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM): Consensus statement – Consensus bundle on sepsis in obstetric care (2023)

●Early care of adults with suspected sepsis in the emergency department and out-of-hospital environment – A consensus-based task force report (2021)

●American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM): Clinical practice statement – Is lactate measurement in the emergency department valuable as a predictor of poor outcomes in adult patients with sepsis? (2018)

●AAEM: Clinical practice statement – What is the preferred resuscitation fluid for patients with sepsis and septic shock? (2017)

Europe

●Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM): Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) in critically ill patients (Part II), 2017 (published 2018)

●SCCM and ESICM: Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) in critically ill patients (Part I) (2017)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on sepsis (2017, updated 2020)

●BMJ Rapid Recommendations: Corticosteroid therapy for sepsis – A clinical practice guideline (2018)

●NICE: Guideline on sepsis – Recognition, diagnosis, and early management (2016, updated 2017)

●Royal College Emergency Medicine (RCEM): Toolkit – Emergency department management of sepsis in adults and young people over 12 years (2016)

●United Kingdom (UK) joint specialist societies guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults (2016)

●NICE: Clinical guideline on neutropenic sepsis – Prevention and management in people with cancer (2012)

●Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG): Green-top guideline on bacterial sepsis following pregnancy (2012)

●RCOG: Green-top guideline on bacterial sepsis in pregnancy (2012)

Australia–New Zealand

●Society of Obstetric Medicine Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ): Guidelines for the investigation and management of sepsis in pregnancy (2018)

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Avoid blood cultures in patients who are not systemically septic, have a clear source of infection and in whom a direct specimen for culture (eg, urine, wound swab, sputum, cerebrospinal fluid, or joint aspirate) is possible (2015)

Japan

●[In English] Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine (JSICM) and Japanese Association for Acute Medicine (JAAM): The Japanese clinical practice guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020) (published 2021)

●[In Japanese] JSICM and JAAM: The Japanese clinical practice guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020) (published 2021)