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Area of Science:

  • Critical care medicine
  • Hospital medicine
  • Infectious diseases

Background:

  • Sepsis incidence is rising, yet in-hospital mortality has declined.
  • Sepsis management is evolving beyond the intensive care unit (ICU).
  • Hospitalists are central to implementing evidence-based sepsis care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide hospitalists with an update on sepsis management.
  • To review pivotal recent studies impacting clinical practice.
  • To cover the spectrum of sepsis care from early recognition to survivorship.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recently published pivotal studies in sepsis.
  • Synthesis of evidence across the sepsis disease spectrum.
  • Focus on clinical practice implications for hospital medicine.

Main Results:

  • Significant research findings over the past decade are changing sepsis management.
  • Effective sepsis care strategies now extend beyond the ICU.
  • Key areas include early recognition, antibiotic stewardship, resuscitation, and ICU interventions.

Conclusions:

  • Hospitalists require updated knowledge on sepsis management.
  • Evidence-based sepsis care improves patient outcomes.
  • The concept of sepsis survivorship is a new and important consideration.