Learn about what’s new in the treatment of adults and children with sepsis and septic shock in these two free webcasts.
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. CDT
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. CET
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. CDT
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. CET
Dive into the newly updated Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines with these two comprehensive webcasts. Cochairs from the guidelines panels will walk through the latest recommendations—updated to reflect new clinical evidence since the previous guidelines—and discuss how these changes influence the recognition and management of sepsis and septic shock in everyday practice.
Developed by expert panels representing diverse backgrounds across all continents, patients, and families, the updated guidelines reflect broad perspectives to support optimal care worldwide.
In addition to reviewing what’s new, the webcasts will explore how to interpret and apply the recommendations effectively in clinical practice with considerations for adapting to treating patients in low-resource settings. Participants will leave with a clear understanding of the guideline updates, the evidence behind them, and practical strategies for improving outcomes for patients with sepsis and septic shock.
SPEAKERS
Pierre Tissieres, MD, DSc
Head of Pediatric ICU and Neonatal Medicine
Hôpital Bicêtre – Paris, France
Amy L. Dzierba, PharmD, BCCCNiranjan “Tex” Kissoon, MB, BS, FRCP(C), FAAP, FACPE, MCCM, FCCM
Niranjan “Tex” Kissoon, MB, BS, FRCP(C), FAAP, FACPE, MCCM
Children’s and Women’s Global Health
UBC and BC Children’s Hospital Professor in Critical Care – Global Child Health
Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, UBC
Clinical Investigator
Child and Family Research Institute – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
MODERATORS
Marlies Ostermann, PhD, MD, EDIC
President-Elect, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Consultant in Critical Care and Nephrology
Guy’s and St.
Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust – London, United Kingdom
Amy L. Dzierba, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Pharmacology Research for Acute Respiratory Failure & Sepsis Precision Interventions (ASPIRE) Clinical Trials Program
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York, New York, USA
SPEAKERS
Hallie Prescott, MD, MSc, FACP, FCCM
Associate Professor in Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Michigan
Core Investigator
VA Center for Clinical Management Research
Staff Physician
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System – Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Massimo Antonelli, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
Director, School of Specialty in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Roma, Italy
MODERATORS
Jan J. De Waele, MD, PhD
President, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Ghent University
Intensivist, Department of Intensive Care Medicine
Ghent University Hospital – Ghent, Belgium
Cherylee W.J. Chang, MD, FACP, FNCS, FCCM
2026 President, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Division Chief, Neurocritical Care
Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine – Durham, North Carolina, USA
ABOUT THE SURVIVING SEPSIS CAMPAIGN
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) is a joint initiative of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), led by multiprofessional international experts committed to reducing mortality and morbidity from sepsis and septic shock, the leading causes of death worldwide. The SSC advances evidence-based guidance, education, and global collaboration to improve the recognition and treatment of sepsis and septic shock across diverse care settings.
Learn more at survivingsepsis.org and follow the SSC on Facebook.
Sepsis and septic shock are leading causes of death worldwide. The international Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) is a joint initiative of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). The SSC is led by multidisciplinary international experts committed to improving the time to recognition and treatment of sepsis and septic shock. Initiated in 2002 at the ESICM’s annual meeting with the Barcelona Declaration, the campaign progressed has several aims, including the development of guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and post-ICU care of sepsis and a reduction of mortality from sepsis.
Definitions for sepsis and septic shock were last revised in 2016. The resulting publications can be found below.
The updated adult sepsis guidelines represent input from a diverse panel of 60 experts and a survey of more than 800 intensivists from more than 30 countries. The guidelines recommend involving patients and their families in goals-of-care discussions to treat the long-term effects of sepsis.
Guidelines Access
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) has updated the previously released Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The panel issued nine statements related to ICU patients with severe or critical COVID-19. Several of the original recommendations remain current.
Guidelines Access
Access the original guidelines, published in June 2020, here.
This guideline is updated regularly as new evidence becomes available.
The guidelines were developed to help improve care for children from birth to age 18. While the condition is more common in adults, 1.2 million children develop sepsis globally every year. Sepsis can be overlooked in children because low blood pressure (a sign of septic shock) may not occur until very late in the illness. For this reason, the guidelines recommend each institution implement screening and protocols to facilitate timely recognition and treatment for children with sepsis and septic shock.
ESICM has released The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Bundle: 2018 update (Free Access) in our official journal Intensive Care Medicine.
Additionally, we have prepared a short animation video to highlight the five steps of the Hour-1 Bundle that healthcare providers are recommended to begin as soon as sepsis is recognised.
More information and the video are available here.
Rhodes A. et al. Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016.
