Clinical guidelines «Sepsis (in adults)»

Clinical guidelines «Sepsis (in adults)» are an interdisciplinary document developed by 8 professional non-profit public organizations and approved by the Scientific and Practical Council of the Ministry of Health of Russia. They are intended to help doctors of various specialties (anesthesiologist and intensivist, surgeon, emergency physician, neurosurgeon, cardiovascular surgeon, thoracic surgeon, transfusiologist, orthopedic traumatologist, nephrologist, urologist, maxillofacial surgeon, infectious disease physician, clinical pharmacologist, medical microbiologist) in determining the treatment strategy and tactics for patients with sepsis or at risk of its development. The material presented to the reader’s attention reflects the main provisions of the document that are important for practical work. Its full content can be found on the websites of the Ministry of Health (https://cr.minzdrav.gov. ru/) and the public organizations (in particular, https://association-ar.ru/; https://общество-хирургов.рф/; https://sepsisforum.ru/; https://www. antibiotic.ru/) that developed them. In terms of their main provisions, the recommendations correspond to the latest international guidelines (Surviving sepsis campaign from 2021), but take into account the specifics of the work of medical organizations in the Russian Federation. These recommendations apply to the following codes of the International statistical classification of diseases and problems related to adult health: A40 – streptococcal sepsis (A40.0/A40.1/A40.2/A40.3/A40.8/A40.9); A41 – other sepsis (A41.0/A41.1/A41.2/A41.3/A41.4/A41.5/A41.8/41.9) and B37.7 – candidal septicemia.