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Sepsis
Concurrent

2026 Updates to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children

Monday, March 23, 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Central Time
Location: W185

Guidelines Session

    Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

  • Scott Weiss, MD, FCCM

    Nemours Childrens Hospital
    Sidney Kimmel Medical Center at Thomas Jefferson University, Pennsylvania

    Disclosure(s): ThermoFisher: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

This session will review the latest updates to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children, which will be published concurrently with Congress. More than 40 experts in critical care medicine; emergency medicine; infectious diseases; pharmacology; and grading of recommendations, assessment, development, and evaluation (GRADE) methodology from SCCM, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, and other professional societies from across the world and different strata of resource availability reviewed the updated evidence and formulated new and revised recommendations since the 2020 SSC recommendations for children. This session will review key recommendations, including updates and changes, supported by the latest published evidence for recognition and management of infection; hemodynamics and resuscitation; ventilation; metabolic, adjunctive, and immunologic therapies; and long-term rehabilitation.

Learning Objectives:

  • Review key updates to the 2026 guidelines to implement evidenced-based management for pediatric sepsis and septic shock
  • Contextualize evidenced-based recommendations for management of pediatric sepsis and septic shock based on resource availability
  • Recognize ongoing knowledge gaps and research priorities for the optimization of management of pediatric sepsis and septic shock

Presentations:

  • 11:05 AM - 11:20 AM Central Time
    What’s New in Recognition and Management of Infection, Hemodynamics, and Resuscitation

    Claudio Flauzino Oliveira, MD (he/him/his) – Latin American Sepsis Institute

  • 11:20 AM - 11:35 AM Central Time
    What’s New in Ventilation, Metabolic, Adjunctive, and Immunologic Therapies and Long-Term Outcomes

    Karen Choong, MB, BCh, FRCP(C) (she/her/hers) – McMaster Children's Hospital