Category: Sepsis
SCCM/ESICM Joint Session: Sepsis in Resource-Limited Nations
The Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress features internationally renowned faculty and content sessions highlighting the most up-to-date, evidence-based developments in critical care medicine. This is a presentation from the Society of Critical Care Medic...
Sepsis: A Threat That Needs a Global Solution
Texas Hold 'Em: Going All In for Double Coverage of Gram-Negative Sepsis
This is a presentation from the 47th Critical Care Congress on double coverage of gram-negative sepsis.
Pediatric Sepsis 2018
This is a presentation from the 47th Critical Care Congress on pediatric sepsis.
Sepsis: The Golden Hours; The Tipping Point
This is a presentation from the 47th Critical Care Congress on Sepsis: The Golden Hours; The Tipping Point.
Controversies in the Early Detection and Treatment of Sepsis
This session was presented during the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) 47th Critical Care Congress.
Angelica Hale: SCCM ICU Heros Award Winner
ICU Heroes Award Winner Angelica Hale performs When You Believe by Whitney Houston.
A Global Solution for Sepsis
This session was presented during the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) 47th Critical Care Congress. Flavia R. Machado, MD, PhD, discusses the current limitations of our knowledge of sepsis incidence and mortality rates as well as major disparities in sepsis care arou...
Surviving Sepsis Collaborative Stories
Raeann M. Fuller, CCRN, MSN, RN, CNML, and Steven Simpson, MD, discuss their experience as members of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Collaborative.
Pediatric Septic Shock and Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatments
This article was originally published in the Spring 2020 Issue of Critical Connections . This Exploring Ethics case study is about a 19-month-old male infant with hypereosinophilia due to hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis after unrelated-donor allogenic stem cell transplant.
Disparities in Sepsis Management and Outcomes
This article was originally published in the Spring 2020 Issue of Critical Connections . The combined estimates of severe sepsis and sepsis amount to 50 million cases worldwide, accounting for 5.3 million deaths annually. This Critical Connections article covers the dispari...
Scvo2 in Sepsis: A Measurement Provided by Respiratory Care Practitioners
This article was originally published in the Spring 2020 Issue of Critical Connections . When treating patients with sepsis, intensive care unit (ICU) and emergency department clinicians have learned that improved outcomes occur when staff members work together as a team.
From the PICU to America’s Got Talent: Angelica Hale’s Story
This article was originally published in the Spring 2020 Issue of Critical Connections . Most people know Angelica Hale as the tenacious young lady who won hearts with her incredible performances on America’s Got Talent in 2017.
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Releases First Guidelines for Sepsis in Children
This article was originally published in the Spring 2020 Issue of Critical Conectionns . The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SCC) in February released its first guidelines for pediatric patients with sepsis, marking a new milestone in the initiative’s mission to improve sepsis car...
Challenges of Sepsis Diagnosis and a New Approach Using the Host Immune Response, SeptiCyte®
Presented at the 49th Critical Care Congress, this session is sponsored by Immunexpress
A Matter of Life and Death: How States Are Tackling Sepsis as Public Policy
Anthony Fiore, MD, MPH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Chief of the Epidemiology Research and Innovations Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, is featured in a new Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Public Health Re...
International critical care nursing considerations and quality indicators for the 2017 surviving sepsis campaign guidelines
A letter to the editor published in Intensive Care Medicine describing the role of the nurse in sepsis care.
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Hour-1 Bundle Teaching Slides
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Hour-1 Bundle Teaching Slides outline the process and details for implementing the Hour-1 Bundle.
Sepsis CALF Sheet: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
A tool from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. When sepsis is suspected, use this form to assure completion of sepsis bundle interventions.
Case Review: Sepsis
This is a presentation from the 2017 Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Course: Adult (MCCRC) on a sepsis case review.