Sepsis Management

Drs. Rello, Lipman and Lisboa participate in several critical care meetings with lectures on sepsis, antibiotic treatment and organ dysfunction. Every year they organize a meeting in Tarragona, Spain on the management of sepsis.

• Multiorgan dysfunction syndrome (MODS): What is new?.- MODS scores. Which should I use?.- Why guidelines require reform.- PIRO concept and clinical failure.- PIRO-based approach for sepsis in immunocompromised patients: What's different?.- Intra-abdominal hypertension and MODS.- Assessing renal dysfunction in septic patients.- Monitoring myocardial dysfunction as part of sepsis management.- The lung in multi-organ failure.- Pathogens in severe sepsis. New paradigms for gram positive treatment.- Pathogens in severe sepsis. New paradigms for fungi treatment.- Importance of high creatinine clearance for antibacterial treatment in sepsis.- How do I adjust antimicrobial daily dosage in patients with MODS? A pharmacist’s contribution .- Improving outcomes in sepsis and septic shock: Getting it right the first time.