Sepsis and septic shock: Guideline-based management

Siddharth Dugar; Chirag Choudhary; Abhijit Duggal

doi:10.3949/ccjm.87a.18143

Sepsis and septic shock: Guideline-based management

Cleve Clin J Med. 2020 Jan;87(1):53-64. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.87a.18143. Epub 2020 Jan 2.

Authors

Siddharth Dugar¹, Chirag Choudhary¹, Abhijit Duggal²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Clinical Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
² Department of Critical Care, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH duggala2@ccf.org.

PMID: 31990655
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.87a.18143

Abstract

Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction that results from the body's response to infection. It requires prompt recognition, appropriate antibiotics, careful hemodynamic support, and control of the source of infection. With the trend in management moving away from protocolized care in favor of appropriate usual care, an understanding of sepsis physiology and best practice guidelines is critical.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Disease Management*
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Sepsis / therapy*
Shock, Septic / therapy*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents