PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Siddharth Dugar
AU  - Chirag Choudhary
AU  - Abhijit Duggal
TI  - Sepsis and septic shock: Guideline-based management
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.87a.18143
DP  - 2020 Jan 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 53--64
VI  - 87
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/87/1/53.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/87/1/53.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2020 Jan 01; 87
AB  - 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.