Category: Critical Care
Keywords: Sepsis, Septic Shock, Fluid resuscitation (PubMed Search)
Posted: 1/31/2017 by Daniel Haase, MD
(Updated: 2/18/2017)
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At the Society of Critical Care Meeting (SCCM) this month, updates to the Surviving Sepsis Guidelines were released. Recommendations include:
--Initial 30mL/kg crystalloid resuscitation with frequent reassessment of fluid responsiveness using dynamic (not static) measures [goodbye CVP/ScvO2!]
--Initiation of broad-spectrum antibiotics within ONE hour of sepsis recognition [two agents from different classes]
--Further hemodynamic assessement (e.g. echo for cardiac function) if clinical assessment does not reveal the type of shock [get out the ultrasound!]
Rhodes A, Evans LE, et al. Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016. Crit Care Med. 2017 Jan 18.