Hot Topic! Sepsis

 Something that is always in the news - sepsis.

What do you know about sepsis?

Check these resources for an overview, key points, diagnosis, treatment options, follow-up and more.
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Spotting the signs of sepsis from the Patient Safety Learning Hub
A series of short videos to raise awareness of the signs of sepsis in different age groups. Produced by Patient Safety Learning, in collaboration with The UK Sepsis Trust, these provide a quick and simple resource for patients, carers and clinicians.

BMJ Best Practice

• Sepsis in Children
• Sepsis in Adults

Clinical Key (available to UHNM only)

• Sepsis
• Sepsis in Neonates

Clinical Knowledge Summaries – Sepsis

Cochrane Library systematic reviews – Corticosteroids for treating sepsis in children and adults

Oxford Medicine Online

• Chapter 10 Sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction in Critical Care Nursing: science and practice
• Chapter 9 Postnatal care in Oxford Handbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Patient Information

• Sepsis in Adults [BMJ Best Practice]
• Sepsis in Children [BMJ Best Practice]
• Postnatal Sepsis: What to Know [Clinical Key]

Clinical Calculators

• MEDS Score: Mortality in ER Sepsis [Clinical Key]

Selected Articles from our journal collection

• What Is Sepsis, Who Gets It, How, and Why? The Keys to Unlocking Precision Medicine in Sepsis Critical Care Medicine, January 23, 2026. | DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000007043
• The Sepsis Chain of Survival: A Comprehensive Framework for Improving Sepsis Outcomes. Critical Care Medicine, Issue: Volume 53(10), October 2025, p e1886-e1892, DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006796
• Suspected sepsis in children and young people: assessment, recognition and when to escalate. Nursing Children and Young People. 37, 5, 34-42. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.2025.e1523
• Suspected sepsis: patient assessment and management in the emergency department. Emergency Nurse. 33, 3, 34-41. doi: 10.7748/en.2025.e2221

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