The need for early diagnosis and treatment of sepsis in surgical patients
16 Jan 2025
This session from the 2024 World Sepsis Congress Spotlight: Unmet Need in Sepsis Diagnosis and Therapy includes discussions on septic shock in surgical patients, electronic sepsis surveillance and multi-organ failure and the sequential organ failure assessment score (SOFA score). Explore the priorities for research in sepsis in surgical cases and how early clinical suspicion is important in aiding sepsis diagnosis.
Time stamps for easy viewing:
00:00 Intro
00:26 David Harrison, Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre, UK – Surgical Patients, Multi-Organ Failure, and the SOFA Score
17:26 Frédéric Michard, Michard Consulting, Switzerland – Where Are We with Electronic Sepsis Surveillance and Early Warning Tools?
27:52 Jan De Waele, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium – Source Control – When and How?
49:35 Lena Napolitano, University of Michigan School of Medicine, USA – Research Priorities for Sepsis and Septic Shock in Surgical Patients
01:03:34 Halden Scott, University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA – The Importance of Early Clinical Suspicion in the Diagnosis of Sepsis
About the company
Global Sepsis Alliance
The Global Sepsis Alliance (GSA) is a non-profit charity organization with the mission to provide global leadership to reduce the worldwide burden of sepsis. The GSA is the initiator of World Sepsis Day on September 13 and World Sepsis Congress, a series of free online congresses bringing knowledge about sepsis to all parts of the world, among other initiatives.
The GSA works closely with its over 120 member organizations from all over the world – patient advocacy groups, professional societies, healthcare authorities, and governments – to implement changes on how sepsis is prioritized, diagnosed, and treated all around the world, as laid out in the WHO Resolution on Sepsis.
