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Surviving Sepsis Campaign adult guidelines: the current version is 2026
The Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine published the 2026 Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for the management of sepsis and septic shock on 23 March 2026. They replace the 2021 edition.
Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines 2026 at a glance
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)
Last checked·Free full text (web page)
Current versionFree full text (web page)Official pageDOI 10.1097/CCM.0000000000007075PMID 41869847
Earlier versions
ReplacesSurviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2021
Worth knowing
- The full guideline is published in Critical Care Medicine and co-published in Intensive Care Medicine. A publisher correction has been issued for the Intensive Care Medicine version.
- A separate 2026 guideline for children was published on the same day, with its own DOI.
Official sources
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign adult guidelines page (SCCM) sccm.org
- Full guideline, Critical Care Medicine journals.lww.com
- Co-publication, Intensive Care Medicine (subscription) link.springer.com
- Publisher correction to the Intensive Care Medicine version doi.org
- Adult quick guide: resuscitation and hemodynamic support (PDF, SCCM) sccm.org
- Adult antibiotic timing framework (PDF, SCCM) sccm.org
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