Updated Guidelines for Sepsis Management

In 2017 the Society for Critical Care Medicine updated its guidelines for sepsis management. These new guidelines differ significantly from ones in the past in that they no longer recommend protocolized resuscitation and emphasize early and aggressive fluid resuscitation when patients present with septic shock. Article discussed in this episode: Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock Speakers:Laura Evans, MD, MSc, of Bellevue Hospital and NYU Medical CenterAndrew Rhodes, MBBS, MD, of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Trust and co-chair of the Surviving Sepsis guideline panelMitchell M. Levy, MD, of the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital