Clinical Guideline Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock: 2016 Citation Text: Rhodes A, Evans LE, Alhazzani W, et al. Crit Care Med. 2017 Mar;45(3):486-552. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002255. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL March 3, 2017 Rhodes A, Evans LE, Alhazzani W, et al. Crit Care Med. 2017;45(3):486-552. View more articles from the same authors. This guideline reviews recommendations and best-practice statements from an international consensus committee on sepsis treatment and management to guide safe care for patients with sepsis or septic shock. PubMed citation Free full text Related web site Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Rhodes A, Evans LE, Alhazzani W, et al. 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