The 2026 Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines strongly recommend performance improvement programs and immediate antimicrobial therapy.

An international team of experts recently came together to update sepsis care guidelines for adults for the first time since ...

HealthDay News — International guidelines are presented for the treatment of adults and children with sepsis and septic shock in 2 special articles from the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, published online ...

We suggest against using IV hydrocortisone to treat septic shock patients if adequate fluid resuscitation and vasopressor therapy are able to restore hemodynamic stability. If this is not achievable, ...

With more than 1 million American dying from sepsis annually, providers follow a set of protocols to mitigate a patient’s risk of sepsis. JAMA delves into the updated guidelines, titled Surviving ...

Vasopressin caught fire as an adjunct vasopressor for sepsis about 20 years ago. The rationale was that septic patients are vasopressin deficient, at least relatively, and they require exogenous ...

Sepsis is a deadly reaction to infection, one that can cause runaway inflammation and a cascade of organ damage. It is estimated to kill at least 350,000 Americans per year. Early detection of this ...

Sepsis, a leading cause of death worldwide, demands a shift from generalized treatment to personalized, predictive, and technology-enabled strategies to improve outcomes globally Sepsis is a ...

Prolonged infusion of beta-lactam antibiotics for sepsis or septic shock tended to improve mortality compared with conventional intermittent infusion in the BLING III trial, and a meta-analysis ...

Maintaining an optimal blood pressure range in patients aged 75 years or older with sepsis is associated with lower 28-day mortality, underscoring a potential hemodynamic target. Older patients with ...