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Critical care and emergency medicine guidelines: current versions

5 guidelines on 2 topics: Sepsis and septic shock in children · Sepsis and septic shock in adults. For each one, the current version, when it was published, when we last checked it with the issuing organization, where to read the full text, and which earlier version it replaces.

5 guidelines · 2 topics · last updated 17 October 2026 · Monthly updates · RSS feed

Sepsis and septic shock in children

InternationalSCCM / ESICM

Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026

Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM); European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)

Current version2026

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Earlier versions

ReplacesSurviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Septic Shock and Sepsis-Associated Organ Dysfunction in Children (2020)

InternationalSCCM

International Consensus Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock

Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)

Current version2024

Published

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Earlier versions

ReplacesInternational pediatric sepsis consensus conference: Definitions for sepsis and organ dysfunction in pediatrics

ChinaPediatric Emergency Medicine Group, Chinese Society of Pediatrics and 2 others

Expert Consensus on the Management of Septic Shock in Children (2025)

Original title儿童脓毒性休克管理专家共识(2025)

Subspecialty Group of Emergency Medicine, the Society of Pediatrics, Chinese Medical Association; Subspecialty Group of Pediatrics, the Society of Emergency Medicine, Chinese Medical Association; Editorial Board, Chinese Journal of Pediatrics

Current version2025

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Earlier versions

ReplacesExpert Consensus on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Septic Shock in Children (2015 edition) 儿童脓毒性休克(感染性休克)诊治专家共识(2015版)

Sepsis and septic shock in adults

InternationalSCCM / ESICM

Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2026

Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM); European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)

Current version2026

Published

Last checked·Free full text (web page)

Earlier versions

ReplacesSurviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2021

ChinaCCEP and 1 other

Chinese Guidelines for the Emergency Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock (2018)

Original title中国脓毒症/脓毒性休克急诊治疗指南(2018)

Chinese College of Emergency Physicians (CCEP); Shock and Sepsis Society of Chinese Research Hospital Association

Current version2018

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