Suspected sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management

Supporting evidence

• Evidence review

• Evidence reviews - January 2024

• A: Stratifying risk of severe illness or death from sepsis (PDF 950 KB)

  Published:

  31 January 2024

• B: Managing and treating suspected sepsis in acute hospital settings; antibiotic treatment in people with suspected sepsis (PDF 984 KB)

  Published:

  31 January 2024

• C: Early management of suspected sepsis (except antibiotic therapy) in the NEWS2 population, in acute hospital settings (PDF 999 KB)

  Published:

  31 January 2024

• Surveillance report

• 2022 exceptional surveillance on intravenous fluid therapy in children and young people (NICE guidelines NG29, NG51, NG143, CG84, CG102 and NG18)

• Appendix A: NICE guideline recommendations and the evidence underlying them (PDF 334 KB)

  Published:

  21 October 2022

• 2022 exceptional surveillance of sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management (NICE guideline NG51)

• 2019 exceptional surveillance of sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management (NICE guideline NG51) and acutely ill adults in hospital: recognising and responding to deterioration (NICE guideline CG50)

• Full guidance

• Appendices A–G (PDF 4.1 MB)

  Published:

  13 July 2016

• Appendices I–O (PDF 4.47 MB)

  Published:

  13 July 2016

• Appendix H (PDF 9.17 MB)

  Published:

  13 July 2016

• Full guideline (PDF 8.95 MB)

  Published:

  13 July 2016