Sepsis and septic shock: Guideline-based management

Siddharth Dugar; Chirag Choudhary; Abhijit Duggal

doi:10.3949/ccjm.87a.18143

ABSTRACT

Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction that results from the body’s response to infection. It requires prompt recognition, appropriate antibiotics, careful hemodynamic support, and control of the source of infection. With the trend in management moving away from protocolized care in favor of appropriate usual care, an understanding of sepsis physiology and best practice guidelines is critical.

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Siddharth Dugar, MD

Department of Critical Care, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Clinical Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Chirag Choudhary, MD, MBA

Department of Critical Care, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Clinical Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Abhijit Duggal, MD, MPH, MSc, FACP⇑

Department of Critical Care, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Address:
Abhijit Duggal, MD, MPH, MSc, FACP, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Respiratory Institute, G62, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. 44195; duggala2{at}ccf.org