ACEP on septic shock

PulmCrit (EMCrit)

ACEP task force on septic shock should replace the Surviving Sepsis Campaign

PulmCrit - April 16, 2021 - By Josh Farkas 

... The ACEP consensus-based task force report was just published. Although spearheaded by ACEP, the report is also endorsed by the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)...

The resulting task force report describes a modern, evidence-based, and sensible approach to septic shock management. Comparison to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign shows how the ACEP recommendations are consistently superior (table below). The ACEP report corrects several longstanding myths perpetuated by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines (as previously discussed here).

The ACEP task force report represents a dramatic improvement over the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guideline. As such, ACEP guidance provides an excellent replacement for the antiquated and harmful Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines.”