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Review
. 2022 May;66(5):634-635.
doi: 10.1111/aas.14045. Epub 2022 Mar 6.

Surviving sepsis campaign: International guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock in adults 2021 - endorsement by the Scandinavian society of anaesthesiology and intensive care medicine

Marius Rehn  1   2   3 , Michelle S Chew  4 , Klaus T Olkkola  5 , Martin Ingi Sigurðsson  6   7 , Arvi Yli-Hankala  8   9 , Morten Hylander Møller  10   11
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Review

Surviving sepsis campaign: International guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock in adults 2021 - endorsement by the Scandinavian society of anaesthesiology and intensive care medicine

Marius Rehn et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2022 May.

Abstract

The Clinical Practice Committee of the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine endorses the clinical practice guideline Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021. The guideline serves as a useful bedside decision aid for clinicians managing adults with suspected and confirmed septic shock and sepsis-associated organ dysfunction.

Keywords: AGREE II; adults; clinical practice guideline; sepsis; septic shock.

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Conflict of interest statement

No Clinical Practice Committee member had direct conflicts of interest. MHM was a co‐author of the guideline assessed and did not participate in the AGREE II assessment, as per the SSAI endorsement process. No other authors had indirect conflicts of interest.

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