SCCM Pod-529: Bridging the Gap: Communication During Sepsis Transfers
SCCM’s Diagnostic Excellence Program sought to gain a better understanding of communication between receiving and referring clinicians after pat...
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
SCCM has released its Surviving Sepsis Campaign COVID-19 guidelines to manage critically ill adults with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit (ICU).&nb...
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines 2021
International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2021
Updated global adult sepsis guidelines, releas...
SCCM Diagnostic Excellence Program Seeks to Transform Sepsis Care With Support of CMSS Grant
Sepsis is the leading cause of hospitalization and hospital deaths in the United States. SCCM has received a grant from the Council of Medical Special...
NIH Funds SCCM Discovery Study on the Use of Sepsis Bundles in the Emergency Department
In funding a five-year prospective multicenter study to determine the safest and most effective approach to sepsis intervention, the National Heart, L...
Leapfrog Dashboard Tracking of Postoperative Sepsis: An Opportunity for Quality Improvement
This article describes the new Leapfrog quality metrics and their methodology, focusing on postoperative sepsis identification and the potential impac...
Concise Critical Appraisal: Early Hemostatic Management of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy
This Concise Critical Appraisal delves into a study published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine that sought to determine whether early hemost...
The Future of Sepsis Treatment
Sepsis continues to affect Americans and hospital patients across the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates th...
Association of Socioeconomic Status and Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes
Children being treated for sepsis stayed in the hospital longer if they lived in low-income ZIP codes compared to those who were from high-income ZIP ...
Concise Critical Appraisal: PERSEVERE Biomarkers in Predicting AKI in Pediatric Septic Shock
Can the biomarkers identified in the Pediatric Sepsis Biomarker Risk Model (PERSEVERE II) be used to predict acute kidney injury and renal recovery in...
From the PICU to America’s Got Talent: Angelica Hale’s Story
Most people know Angelica Hale as the tenacious young lady who won hearts with her incredible performances on America's Got Talent in 2017. But be...
Message from the President: Sepsis
In 2001 a sepsis definitions conference was held to determine whether new data existed to inform updates to the sepsis criteria established in 1991. A...
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Releases First Children’s Sepsis Guidelines
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) released its first evidence-based guidelines for the pediatric patient population in the February 2020 issue of
Assessment of Inflammation Phenotypes in Pediatric Sepsis-Induced Multiple Organ Failure
This Concise Critical Appraisal discusses how Carcillo et al (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019. Epub ahead of print) compared mortality in children with se...
Help Shape the Future of Sepsis Research on the National Level
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) is changing its priorities to invest in sepsis research in a more targeted and strategic wa...
Concise Critical Appraisal: Effect of Community-Acquired Pediatric Sepsis on Survivors
Killien et al (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019;Epub ahead of print) set out to evaluate the prevalence of health-related quality of life (HRQL) decline in...
SCCM Pod-489: The AIMS Trial: Battle of the Bundles, Hour-1 Versus 3-Hour
The Assessment of Implementation of Methods in Sepsis and Respiratory Failure (AIMS) Study seeks to determine the safest and most effective approach t...
SCCM Pod-486: Strategies for Preventing Sepsis and Septic Shock in the Hospital Setting
Maureen A. Madden, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Craig M. Coopersmith, MD, FACS, MCCM, to discuss optimal strategies for preventing sepsi...
SCCM Pod-483 Clinicians, Patient Outcomes, and Implicit Bias
Implicit bias is a form of automatic and unintentional bias that affects judgments, decisions, and behaviors. Implicit bias can pose a barrier to the...
SCCM Pod-480: Optimizing Sepsis Care Hour-1 Bundle at a Time
Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, and Daleen Penoyer, PhD, RN, CCRP, FCNS, FAAN, FCCM, discuss how to develop and operationalize performance imp...
SCCM Pod-471: Mitigating Diagnostic Delays and Errors With Emphasis on Sepsis
Maureen Madden, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Mary Jo C. Grant, ACNP, PhD, FAAN, to discuss how to reduce diagnostic delays and errors, w...
Diagnostic Excellence Program
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