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SSC 2026 — Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2026

Society of Critical Care Medicine / European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, 2026

Suggest using IV corticosteroids in adults with septic shock, most often in patients with an ongoing vasopressor requirement.

Conditional recommendationLow certainty

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Disease Reference

Septic Shock

The subset of sepsis with profound circulatory and cellular/metabolic abnormality — clinically identified by a vasopressor requirement to maintain MAP ≥ 65 mmHg plus lactate > 2 mmol/L despite adequate fluid resuscitation.

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