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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