Table 1

Evolution of the sepsis guidelines


Organizations involved
Number of participants
Process
Publication

First
1 (ISF)
9a
EBM A to E
Intensive Care Medicine supplement, 2001
Second
3 (ISF, ESICM, SCCM)b
24
EBM A to E
Critical Care Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, 2004
Third
16
55
GRADE
Critical Care Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, 2008

EBM, evidence-based medicine; ESICM, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine; GRADE, Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation; ISF, International Sepsis Forum; SCCM, Society of Critical Care Medicine. aActually there were more participants since there were fellows or junior faculty involved. bA number of other societies also participated.

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