AHRQ Patient Safety Network: Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2012.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network



Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2012.

Dellinger RP, Levy MM, Rhodes A, et al; Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Committee including the Pediatric Subgroup. Crit Care Med. 2013;41:580-637.

This guideline reviews recommendations from an international consensus committee on sepsis treatment and management to guide safe care for patients with sepsis.

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