Table 1 Select components of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign [7]

▪ Early goal-directed resuscitation

▪ Appropriate diagnostic studies prior to antibiotics

▪ Early broad-spectrum antibiotics

▪ Narrowing antibiotic therapy based on microbiology and clinical data

▪ Source control

▪ Stress-dose steroids for septic shock

▪ DrotAA for patients with severe sepsis and high risk for death

▪ Target hemoglobin values of 7–9 g/dL in absence of coronary artery disease or acute hemorrhage

▪ Lung protective ventilation for ALI/ARDS

▪ Semirecumbent bed position

▪ Protocols for weaning and sedation/analgesia

▪ Avoidance of neuromuscular blockers

▪ Maintenance of blood glucose <150 mg/dL

▪ Deep vein thrombosis/stress ulcer prophylaxis