Society guideline links: Shock in children

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM): Guidelines on use of corticosteroids in sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and community-acquired pneumonia, focused update (2024)

●SCCM: International consensus criteria for pediatric sepsis and septic shock (2024)

●Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC): International guidelines for the management of septic shock and sepsis-associated organ dysfunction in children (2020)

●World Health Organization (WHO): Guideline on paediatric emergency triage, assessment, and treatment – Care of critically ill children, update (2016)

Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point on diagnosis and management of sepsis in the paediatric patient (2020)

United States

●American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM): Clinical practice parameters for hemodynamic support of pediatric and neonatal septic shock (2017)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on suspected sepsis – Recognition, diagnosis, and early management (2016, updated 2024)

●BMJ Rapid Recommendations: Corticosteroid therapy for sepsis – A clinical practice guideline (2018)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine (JSICM) and Japanese Association for Acute Medicine (JAAM): The Japanese clinical practice guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock (J-SSCG) (2024)