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

Hallie C. Prescott; Massimo Antonelli; Waleed Alhazzani; Morten Hylander Møller; Fayez Alshamsi; Luciano C.P. Azevedo; Emilie Belley-Cote; Jan De Waele; Lennie Derde; Joanna C. Dionne; Laura Evans; Hayley B. Gershengorn; Carol L. Hodgson; Kimia Honarmand; Jozef Kesecioglu; Lauralyn McIntyre; Mervyn Mer; Mark E. Nunnally; Simon J.W. Oczkowski; Bram Rochwerg; Olurotimi Olaolu Akinola; Kwame A. Akuamoah-Boateng; Laura Alberto; Derek C. Angus; Yaseen M. Arabi; Elie Azoulay; Maurizio Cecconi; Pauline F. Convocar; Gennaro De Pascale; Kent Doi; Bin Du; Moritoki Egi; Marie Carmelle Elie-Turenne; Ricard Ferrer; Alison Fox-Robichaud; Craig French; Yonathan Freund; Michelle Ng Gong; Caleb P. Hale; Naomi E. Hammond; Madiha Hashmi; Leo Heunks; Theodore J. Iwashyna; Shevin T. Jacob; Michael Klompas; Arthur Kwizera; Murdoch Leeies; Joanna D. Lejnieks; Mitchell M. Levy; Flavia R. Machado; Marcelo O. Maia; Henry Masur; Ryan C. Maves; Steven McGloughlin; Joanne McPeake; Nicholas M. Mohr; Sheila Nainan Myatra; Marlies Ostermann; Sandra L. Peake; Mathias W. Pletz; Jason A. Roberts; Regis G. Rosa; Robert G. Sawyer; Christa A. Schorr; Steven Q. Simpson; Li Weng; W. Joost Wiersinga; Andrew Rhodes; Craig M. Coopersmith

doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000007089

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

Hallie C. Prescott
, Massimo Antonelli
, Waleed Alhazzani
, Morten Hylander Møller
, Fayez Alshamsi
, Luciano C.P. Azevedo
, Emilie Belley-Cote
, Jan De Waele
, Lennie Derde
, Joanna C. Dionne
, Laura Evans
, Hayley B. Gershengorn
, Carol L. Hodgson
, Kimia Honarmand
, Jozef Kesecioglu
, Lauralyn McIntyre
, Mervyn Mer
, Mark E. Nunnally
, Simon J.W. Oczkowski
, Bram Rochwerg

Olurotimi Olaolu Akinola, Kwame A. Akuamoah-Boateng, Laura Alberto, Derek C. Angus, Yaseen M. Arabi, Elie Azoulay, Maurizio Cecconi, Pauline F. Convocar, Gennaro De Pascale, Kent Doi, Bin Du, Moritoki Egi, Marie Carmelle Elie-Turenne, Ricard Ferrer, Alison Fox-Robichaud, Craig French, Yonathan Freund, Michelle Ng Gong, Caleb P. Hale, Naomi E. Hammond, Madiha Hashmi, Leo Heunks, Theodore J. Iwashyna, Shevin T. Jacob, Michael Klompas, Arthur Kwizera, Murdoch Leeies, Joanna D. Lejnieks, Mitchell M. Levy, Flavia R. Machado, Marcelo O. Maia, Henry Masur, Ryan C. Maves, Steven McGloughlin, Joanne McPeake, Nicholas M. Mohr, Sheila Nainan Myatra, Marlies Ostermann, Sandra L. Peake, Mathias W. Pletz, Jason A. Roberts, Regis G. Rosa, Robert G. Sawyer, Christa A. Schorr, Steven Q. Simpson, Li Weng, W. Joost Wiersinga, Andrew Rhodes, Craig M. Coopersmith

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Original language	English (US)
Article number	10.1097/CCM.0000000000007089
Journal	Critical care medicine
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000007089
State	Accepted/In press - 2026

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Prescott, H. C., Antonelli, M., Alhazzani, W., Møller, M. H., Alshamsi, F., Azevedo, L. C. P., Belley-Cote, E., De Waele, J., Derde, L., Dionne, J. C., Evans, L., Gershengorn, H. B., Hodgson, C. L., Honarmand, K., Kesecioglu, J., McIntyre, L., Mer, M., Nunnally, M. E., Oczkowski, S. J. W., ... Coopersmith, C. M. (Accepted/In press). Executive Summary: Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2026. Critical care medicine, Article 10.1097/CCM.0000000000007089. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000007089

Prescott, HC, Antonelli, M, Alhazzani, W, Møller, MH, Alshamsi, F, Azevedo, LCP, Belley-Cote, E, De Waele, J, Derde, L, Dionne, JC, Evans, L, Gershengorn, HB, Hodgson, CL, Honarmand, K, Kesecioglu, J, McIntyre, L, Mer, M, Nunnally, ME, Oczkowski, SJW, Rochwerg, B, Akinola, OO, Akuamoah-Boateng, KA, Alberto, L, Angus, DC, Arabi, YM, Azoulay, E, Cecconi, M, Convocar, PF, De Pascale, G, Doi, K, Du, B, Egi, M, Elie-Turenne, MC, Ferrer, R, Fox-Robichaud, A, French, C, Freund, Y, Gong, MN, Hale, CP, Hammond, NE, Hashmi, M, Heunks, L, Iwashyna, TJ, Jacob, ST, Klompas, M, Kwizera, A, Leeies, M, Lejnieks, JD, Levy, MM, Machado, FR, Maia, MO, Masur, H, Maves, RC, McGloughlin, S, McPeake, J, Mohr, NM, Myatra, SN, Ostermann, M, Peake, SL, Pletz, MW, Roberts, JA, Rosa, RG, Sawyer, RG, Schorr, CA, Simpson, SQ, Weng, L, Wiersinga, WJ, Rhodes, A & Coopersmith, CM 2026, 'Executive Summary: Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2026', Critical care medicine. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000007089

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