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Surviving sepsis
compaign (adults)
Guidelines updates 2021.
“Long Term Outcomes and Goals of
Care.”(Part iv)
 DR. MOAZAM MEHMOOD ICU PHYSICIAN, MGH.
Foreword:
 These recommendations are intended to provide guidance for the clinician caring for adult
patients with sepsis or septic shock in the hospital setting.
 Recommendations from these guidelines cannot replace the “clinician’s decision-making
capability” when presented with a unique patient’s clinical variables.
 These guidelines are intended to reflect best practice.
Introduction
 Patients who survive a protracted period of
ICU care for sepsis typically face a long and
complicated road to recovery.
 Challenges to overcome:
• Physical rehabilitation.
• Organize and coordinate care.
 Our Aim here is to both to
• promote recovery/avoid complications/recurrence. and
• to ensure care is matched to “patient and family goals of care”.
 Difficulties
• Not all patients are the same.
• Not all healthcare delivery systems are the same.
• Lack of understanding about dosing and intensity of many of the proposed interventions.
Evidence Based Recommendations:
 Goals of care(discussion).
 Palliative care.
 Peer support groups.
 Transitions of care.
 Screening for economic or social support.
 Sepsis education for patients and families.
 Shared decision making.
 Discharge planning.
 Cognitive therapy.
 Post-discharge follow-up.
Goals of care (discussion)
Best Practice Statement
 74. “For adults with sepsis or septic shock, we Recommend
discussing goals of care and prognosis with patients and families
over no such Discussion”.
 Patients with sepsis or septic shock are at high risk of multi-organ failure, long-term
functional sequelae, and death.
 Some patients may accept any and all treatment for their condition, but others may
consider limitations depending on prognosis, invasiveness of interventions, and
predicted quality of life (QoL).
 A discussion of goals of care and prognosis is essential to determine which
treatments are acceptable and those interventions that are not desired.
Goals of care (discussion)
Weak recommendation, low-quality evidence
 75. For adults with sepsis or septic shock, we suggest addressing goals
of care early (within 72 h) over late [72].
 In one study where 26% of patients had infection or sepsis as a primary diagnosis. A
multicomponent family support intervention included a meeting at 48 h after ICU admission that
included discussion of goals of care and prognosis.
 The support intervention
• did not affect family psychological outcomes but
• did improve perceived quality of communication and perception of patient- and family-
centeredness of care.
A reduction in ICU length of stay was noted, yet it is unknown if the reduction is due to increase
mortality.
Based on this study, early (within 72 h of ICU admission) discussion of the goals of care is
suggested.
Goals of care (discussion)
No Recommendation
 76. There is insufficient evidence to make a recommendation for
any specific standardized criterion to trigger goals of care
discussion.
 Several studies exploring the use of “Specific Criteria” to trigger a goals of care
discussion in critically ill patients.
• Ethics consultation
• Palliative care meetings.
• Use of an automated early warning system alert in patients hospitalized on
medical units.
 Neither study demonstrated an effect of interventions on mortality.
Palliative care
Best Practice Statement
 77. For adults with sepsis or septic shock, we RECOMMEND
integrating principles of palliative care (which may include
palliative care consultation based on clinician judgement) into the
treatment plan, when appropriate, to address patient and family
symptoms and suffering.
 Palliative (supportive) care may be particularly helpful in patients with sepsis who
are not responding to treatment or for whom sepsis is an end stage
manifestation of their underlying chronic illness.
Palliative care
Weak recommendation, low-quality evidence
 78. For adults with sepsis or septic shock, we suggest against
routine formal palliative care consultation for all patients over
palliative care consultation based on clinician judgement.
 Overall evidence for routine formal palliative care interventions in ICU patients is of
low quality and provides mixed evidence of benefit. Thus, the panel suggests against
routine formal palliative care consultation for all patients with sepsis or septic shock.
 Instead using clinician judgment to determine which patients and families may
benefit from a palliative care consultation.
 Despite the lack of evidence for formal palliative care consultation, “the panel and
public members judged that the principles of palliative care are essential to address
symptoms and suffering in patients and their families.”
Peer support groups
Weak recommendation, very low quality of
evidence
 79. For adult survivors of sepsis or septic shock and their
families, we SUGGEST referral to peer support groups over no
such referral.
 Peer support groups have been used to enhance recovery from illness when
survivors have long-lasting disability but have only recently been used in critical
care and sepsis.
 With increased recognition of post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) in survivors of
critical illness and their families, peer support represents a patient-centered
approach to improve long-term outcomes
 Overall quality of evidence was judged to be very low for the impact of peer
support groups on outcomes.
Transitions of care
Weak recommendation, very low quality of
evidence
 80. For adults with sepsis or septic shock, we SUGGEST using a
handoff process of critically important information at transitions of
care, over no such handoff process.
 Transitions of care are prone to communication errors, which have been identified as
a barrier to the timely detection and management of sepsis.
 (ED/ICU, OR/ICU, ICU/ward, and hospital/home).
 Improving handoff at transitions in care represents an opportunity to improve patient
outcomes across the entire spectrum of sepsis care.
 Observational studies of structured handoff process have demonstrated mixed
effects, with some finding reductions in unexpected clinical events, or ICU
readmission and others without impact upon length of stay, mortality or hospital
readmission.
Transitions of care
NO-SUGGESTION:
 81. There is insufficient evidence to make a recommendation
for the use of any specific structured handoff tool over usual
handoff Processes.
 Given the wide variety of hospital staffing models, medical records, and
discharge processes, along with the lack of evidence to recommend any one
tool over another, the panel chose to make “no recommendation for a specific
structured handover tool.”
Screening for economic or social support
Best Practice Statement
 82. For adults with sepsis or septic shock and their families, we
RECOMMEND screening for economic and social support (including
housing, nutritional, financial, and spiritual support), and make
referrals where available to meet these needs.
 Non-medical social needs and potentially modifiable factors such as economic and
social support largely influence health outcomes.
 Notably, critically ill patients have a decline in socio-economic status (SES)after their
illness.
 Social and economic screening may identify challenges that sepsis survivors are
experiencing, allowing clinicians to identify potential resources and referrals, which
can assist to improve long-term health outcomes.
Sepsis education for patients and families
Weak recommendation, very low-quality evidence
 83. For adults with sepsis or septic shock and their families, we SUGGEST
offering written and verbal sepsis education (diagnosis, treatment, and post-
ICU/post-sepsis syndrome) prior to hospital discharge and in the follow-up
setting.
 Almost 40% of sepsis survivors are re-hospitalised within 3 months, often for preventable
conditions, contributing to increased healthcare costs.
 Varied education methods were employed, including delivery by trained nurses, multimedia
nursing education, information booklets developed by nurses, a family information leaflet, and
informational videos with accompanying web-based content.
 The panel judged that education would likely have variable acceptability, as a qualitative study
showed that patients who survived sepsis had diverse viewpoints ranging from appreciating the
education about sepsis to not being able to recall the education session, to even disliking it as a
reminder of the severity of their condition.
Shared decision making
Best Practice Statement
 84. For adults with sepsis or septic shock and their families, we RECOMMEND
the clinical team provide the opportunity to participate in shared decision
making in post-ICU and hospital discharge planning to ensure discharge plans
are acceptable and feasible.
 Shared decision making (SDM) is a process in which health professionals, patients and their
caregivers collaborate in making decisions about a patient’s care options.
 Communication through SDM at the time of ICU or hospital discharge may improve support for
family caregivers as communication was found to be important to decision-making for family
surrogates of chronic critically ill patients.
 Due to the potential benefits of SDM and the current emphasis on patient centered care, the
opportunity for patients and/or family to participate in SDM for ICU and hospital discharge
planning is recommended as a best practice statement.
Discharge planning
Weak recommendation, very low-quality evidence
 85. For adults with sepsis and septic shock and their families, we
SUGGEST using a critical care transition programme, compared to
usual care, upon transfer to the floor.
 Transfer from ICU to general floor and discharge from the hospital are both
vulnerable periods for patients, with high frequency of medication errors and
information loss.
 Several studies, mostly before-and-after design, have examined the impact of critical
care transition programs on reducing ICU readmission or death among patients
transferred from ICU to the ward, these involve ICU clinicians (e.g., nurse, respiratory
therapist, and/or physician) following patients daily on the wards after transferring
out of the ICU for a few days or until clinically stable.
 Meta-analysis of these studies suggests that critical care transition programmes
reduce risk of in-hospital mortality and potentially reduce risk of ICU readmission.
Discharge planning
Best Practice Statement
 86. For adults with sepsis and septic shock, we RECOMMEND
reconciling medications at both ICU and hospital discharge.
 Medication reconciliation is broadly recognised to be important during patient
transitions. It has been associated with fewer medication errors and may help
reduce hospital readmission
 Given the frequency of medication changes during an ICU stay, we recommend
reconciling medications at both ICU and hospital discharge. This involves getting
the correct list of medications and adjusting medication dosing regularly in
response to dynamic physiologic changes during and after critical illness.
Discharge planning
Best Practice Statement
 87. For adult survivors of sepsis and septic shock and their families,
we RECOMMEND including information about the ICU stay, sepsis and
related diagnoses, treatments, and common impairments after sepsis
in the written and verbal hospital Discharge Summary.
 Public panel members stressed the importance of providing information in both
verbal and written form and assessing that the information was understood.
 There are a growing number of online resources and informational brochures
regarding “post intensive care” / “post-sepsis syndrome", but more research is
needed to determine the optimal approaches to providing anticipatory guidance to
patients and families after critical illness.
Discharge planning
Best Practice Statement
 88. For adults with sepsis or septic shock who developed new
impairments, we RECOMMEND hospital discharge plans include
follow-up with clinicians able to support and manage new and
long-term sequelae
 Many sepsis survivors experience short and/or long-term sequela such as
cognitive and/or physical disability, with ongoing recovery persisting for months
to years.
 Hospital readmission within 90 days of discharge occurs in approximately 40% of
sepsis survivors and is associated with increased mortality and high costs.
 Among older adults, early post discharge follow-up (within 7 days) with a
primary care physician was associated with lower risk of 30-day readmission.
Discharge planning
NO RECOMMENDATION
 89. There is insufficient evidence to make a recommendation on
early post-hospital discharge follow-up compared to routine post
hospital discharge follow-up.
 Due to the low quality and lack of evidence specific to sepsis, we are unable to
make a recommendation for early (7–14 days) provider follow-up versus routine
follow-up upon hospital discharge.
 Timely, coordinated resources and provider follow-up may lead to improved
QoL for sepsis survivors, however further research on the impact of post-
discharge follow-up is needed.
Cognitive therapy
NO Recommendation
 90. There is insufficient evidence to make a recommendation on early
cognitive therapy for adult survivors of sepsis or septic shock.
 Sepsis is associated with newly acquired cognitive impairment and functional
disability amongst survivors. {Long-term impairments in memory, attention, verbal
fluency, decision-making and executive functioning.}
 A RCT trial in general medical/surgical ICU survivors comparing usual care to an
intervention of combined in-home cognitive, physical, and functional rehabilitation
following discharge showed improved executive functioning at 3 months .
 In centers where cognitive therapy is used, it could reasonably be continued as it is
likely acceptable and feasible, but there is insufficient evidence to change practice in
centers without such therapy.
 The panel judged there to be insufficient evidence to make a recommendation.
Post-discharge follow-up
Best Practice Statement
 91. For adult survivors of sepsis or septic shock, we recommend
assessment and follow-up for physical, cognitive, and emotional
problems after hospital discharge.
 Given the prevalence of new or worsening physical, cognitive, and emotional
problems experienced by sepsis survivors, we recommend assessment and
follow-up for these problems after hospital discharge.
 There are insufficient data to suggest any specific tool to assess for these
problems, and the optimal approach will vary by patient and setting.
Post-discharge follow-up
Weak recommendation, very low-quality evidence
 92. For adult survivors of sepsis or septic shock, we suggest
referral to a post-critical illness follow-up programme if available.
 Post-critical illness programmes have been developed as a means of screening
for and addressing the multi-faceted issues faced by ICU survivors.
 Our meta-analysis found no differences from usual care in terms of mortality,
QoL, physical function, or cognition, with possible small improvements in
psychological symptoms (anxiety, depression, PTSD).
 We suggest offering referral to post-critical illness clinics where available.
Post-discharge follow-up
Weak recommendation, very low-quality evidence
 93. For adult survivors of sepsis or septic shock receiving
mechanical ventilation for > 48 h or an ICU stay of > 72 h, we
suggest referral to a post-hospital rehabilitation programme.
 Several randomised studies have assessed physical rehabilitation programmes
for survivors of critical illness.
 Meta-analysis suggests possible small improvements in QoL and depressive
symptoms, but no difference in mortality, physical function, or anxiety.
 Based on their strong rationale, and benefit in related populations, we suggest
referral to rehabilitation programmes in survivors of sepsis.
 Goals of care(discussion).
 Palliative care.
 Peer support groups.
 Transitions of care.
 Screening for economic or social support.
 Sepsis education for patients and families.
 Shared decision making.
 Discharge planning.
 Cognitive therapy.
 Post-discharge follow-up.
KEY WORDS
 These guidelines are intended to reflect best practice.
 The Recommendations cannot replace the clinician’s decision-making
capability.
 Organized and coordinated care delivery.
 Practice is matched to “patient and family goals”.
 Sepsis, Septic shock, Adults,
 Evidence based medicine.
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Surviving sepsis compaign (adults) Guidelines updates 2021. “Long Term Outcomes and Goals of Care.”(Part iv)

  • 1. Surviving sepsis compaign (adults) Guidelines updates 2021. “Long Term Outcomes and Goals of Care.”(Part iv)  DR. MOAZAM MEHMOOD ICU PHYSICIAN, MGH.
  • 2. Foreword:  These recommendations are intended to provide guidance for the clinician caring for adult patients with sepsis or septic shock in the hospital setting.  Recommendations from these guidelines cannot replace the “clinician’s decision-making capability” when presented with a unique patient’s clinical variables.  These guidelines are intended to reflect best practice.
  • 3. Introduction  Patients who survive a protracted period of ICU care for sepsis typically face a long and complicated road to recovery.
  • 4.  Challenges to overcome: • Physical rehabilitation. • Organize and coordinate care.  Our Aim here is to both to • promote recovery/avoid complications/recurrence. and • to ensure care is matched to “patient and family goals of care”.  Difficulties • Not all patients are the same. • Not all healthcare delivery systems are the same. • Lack of understanding about dosing and intensity of many of the proposed interventions.
  • 5. Evidence Based Recommendations:  Goals of care(discussion).  Palliative care.  Peer support groups.  Transitions of care.  Screening for economic or social support.  Sepsis education for patients and families.  Shared decision making.  Discharge planning.  Cognitive therapy.  Post-discharge follow-up.
  • 6. Goals of care (discussion) Best Practice Statement  74. “For adults with sepsis or septic shock, we Recommend discussing goals of care and prognosis with patients and families over no such Discussion”.  Patients with sepsis or septic shock are at high risk of multi-organ failure, long-term functional sequelae, and death.  Some patients may accept any and all treatment for their condition, but others may consider limitations depending on prognosis, invasiveness of interventions, and predicted quality of life (QoL).  A discussion of goals of care and prognosis is essential to determine which treatments are acceptable and those interventions that are not desired.
  • 7. Goals of care (discussion) Weak recommendation, low-quality evidence  75. For adults with sepsis or septic shock, we suggest addressing goals of care early (within 72 h) over late [72].  In one study where 26% of patients had infection or sepsis as a primary diagnosis. A multicomponent family support intervention included a meeting at 48 h after ICU admission that included discussion of goals of care and prognosis.  The support intervention • did not affect family psychological outcomes but • did improve perceived quality of communication and perception of patient- and family- centeredness of care. A reduction in ICU length of stay was noted, yet it is unknown if the reduction is due to increase mortality. Based on this study, early (within 72 h of ICU admission) discussion of the goals of care is suggested.
  • 8. Goals of care (discussion) No Recommendation  76. There is insufficient evidence to make a recommendation for any specific standardized criterion to trigger goals of care discussion.  Several studies exploring the use of “Specific Criteria” to trigger a goals of care discussion in critically ill patients. • Ethics consultation • Palliative care meetings. • Use of an automated early warning system alert in patients hospitalized on medical units.  Neither study demonstrated an effect of interventions on mortality.
  • 9. Palliative care Best Practice Statement  77. For adults with sepsis or septic shock, we RECOMMEND integrating principles of palliative care (which may include palliative care consultation based on clinician judgement) into the treatment plan, when appropriate, to address patient and family symptoms and suffering.  Palliative (supportive) care may be particularly helpful in patients with sepsis who are not responding to treatment or for whom sepsis is an end stage manifestation of their underlying chronic illness.
  • 10. Palliative care Weak recommendation, low-quality evidence  78. For adults with sepsis or septic shock, we suggest against routine formal palliative care consultation for all patients over palliative care consultation based on clinician judgement.  Overall evidence for routine formal palliative care interventions in ICU patients is of low quality and provides mixed evidence of benefit. Thus, the panel suggests against routine formal palliative care consultation for all patients with sepsis or septic shock.  Instead using clinician judgment to determine which patients and families may benefit from a palliative care consultation.  Despite the lack of evidence for formal palliative care consultation, “the panel and public members judged that the principles of palliative care are essential to address symptoms and suffering in patients and their families.”
  • 11. Peer support groups Weak recommendation, very low quality of evidence  79. For adult survivors of sepsis or septic shock and their families, we SUGGEST referral to peer support groups over no such referral.  Peer support groups have been used to enhance recovery from illness when survivors have long-lasting disability but have only recently been used in critical care and sepsis.  With increased recognition of post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) in survivors of critical illness and their families, peer support represents a patient-centered approach to improve long-term outcomes  Overall quality of evidence was judged to be very low for the impact of peer support groups on outcomes.
  • 12. Transitions of care Weak recommendation, very low quality of evidence  80. For adults with sepsis or septic shock, we SUGGEST using a handoff process of critically important information at transitions of care, over no such handoff process.  Transitions of care are prone to communication errors, which have been identified as a barrier to the timely detection and management of sepsis.  (ED/ICU, OR/ICU, ICU/ward, and hospital/home).  Improving handoff at transitions in care represents an opportunity to improve patient outcomes across the entire spectrum of sepsis care.  Observational studies of structured handoff process have demonstrated mixed effects, with some finding reductions in unexpected clinical events, or ICU readmission and others without impact upon length of stay, mortality or hospital readmission.
  • 13. Transitions of care NO-SUGGESTION:  81. There is insufficient evidence to make a recommendation for the use of any specific structured handoff tool over usual handoff Processes.  Given the wide variety of hospital staffing models, medical records, and discharge processes, along with the lack of evidence to recommend any one tool over another, the panel chose to make “no recommendation for a specific structured handover tool.”
  • 14. Screening for economic or social support Best Practice Statement  82. For adults with sepsis or septic shock and their families, we RECOMMEND screening for economic and social support (including housing, nutritional, financial, and spiritual support), and make referrals where available to meet these needs.  Non-medical social needs and potentially modifiable factors such as economic and social support largely influence health outcomes.  Notably, critically ill patients have a decline in socio-economic status (SES)after their illness.  Social and economic screening may identify challenges that sepsis survivors are experiencing, allowing clinicians to identify potential resources and referrals, which can assist to improve long-term health outcomes.
  • 15. Sepsis education for patients and families Weak recommendation, very low-quality evidence  83. For adults with sepsis or septic shock and their families, we SUGGEST offering written and verbal sepsis education (diagnosis, treatment, and post- ICU/post-sepsis syndrome) prior to hospital discharge and in the follow-up setting.  Almost 40% of sepsis survivors are re-hospitalised within 3 months, often for preventable conditions, contributing to increased healthcare costs.  Varied education methods were employed, including delivery by trained nurses, multimedia nursing education, information booklets developed by nurses, a family information leaflet, and informational videos with accompanying web-based content.  The panel judged that education would likely have variable acceptability, as a qualitative study showed that patients who survived sepsis had diverse viewpoints ranging from appreciating the education about sepsis to not being able to recall the education session, to even disliking it as a reminder of the severity of their condition.
  • 16. Shared decision making Best Practice Statement  84. For adults with sepsis or septic shock and their families, we RECOMMEND the clinical team provide the opportunity to participate in shared decision making in post-ICU and hospital discharge planning to ensure discharge plans are acceptable and feasible.  Shared decision making (SDM) is a process in which health professionals, patients and their caregivers collaborate in making decisions about a patient’s care options.  Communication through SDM at the time of ICU or hospital discharge may improve support for family caregivers as communication was found to be important to decision-making for family surrogates of chronic critically ill patients.  Due to the potential benefits of SDM and the current emphasis on patient centered care, the opportunity for patients and/or family to participate in SDM for ICU and hospital discharge planning is recommended as a best practice statement.
  • 17. Discharge planning Weak recommendation, very low-quality evidence  85. For adults with sepsis and septic shock and their families, we SUGGEST using a critical care transition programme, compared to usual care, upon transfer to the floor.  Transfer from ICU to general floor and discharge from the hospital are both vulnerable periods for patients, with high frequency of medication errors and information loss.  Several studies, mostly before-and-after design, have examined the impact of critical care transition programs on reducing ICU readmission or death among patients transferred from ICU to the ward, these involve ICU clinicians (e.g., nurse, respiratory therapist, and/or physician) following patients daily on the wards after transferring out of the ICU for a few days or until clinically stable.  Meta-analysis of these studies suggests that critical care transition programmes reduce risk of in-hospital mortality and potentially reduce risk of ICU readmission.
  • 18. Discharge planning Best Practice Statement  86. For adults with sepsis and septic shock, we RECOMMEND reconciling medications at both ICU and hospital discharge.  Medication reconciliation is broadly recognised to be important during patient transitions. It has been associated with fewer medication errors and may help reduce hospital readmission  Given the frequency of medication changes during an ICU stay, we recommend reconciling medications at both ICU and hospital discharge. This involves getting the correct list of medications and adjusting medication dosing regularly in response to dynamic physiologic changes during and after critical illness.
  • 19. Discharge planning Best Practice Statement  87. For adult survivors of sepsis and septic shock and their families, we RECOMMEND including information about the ICU stay, sepsis and related diagnoses, treatments, and common impairments after sepsis in the written and verbal hospital Discharge Summary.  Public panel members stressed the importance of providing information in both verbal and written form and assessing that the information was understood.  There are a growing number of online resources and informational brochures regarding “post intensive care” / “post-sepsis syndrome", but more research is needed to determine the optimal approaches to providing anticipatory guidance to patients and families after critical illness.
  • 20. Discharge planning Best Practice Statement  88. For adults with sepsis or septic shock who developed new impairments, we RECOMMEND hospital discharge plans include follow-up with clinicians able to support and manage new and long-term sequelae  Many sepsis survivors experience short and/or long-term sequela such as cognitive and/or physical disability, with ongoing recovery persisting for months to years.  Hospital readmission within 90 days of discharge occurs in approximately 40% of sepsis survivors and is associated with increased mortality and high costs.  Among older adults, early post discharge follow-up (within 7 days) with a primary care physician was associated with lower risk of 30-day readmission.
  • 21. Discharge planning NO RECOMMENDATION  89. There is insufficient evidence to make a recommendation on early post-hospital discharge follow-up compared to routine post hospital discharge follow-up.  Due to the low quality and lack of evidence specific to sepsis, we are unable to make a recommendation for early (7–14 days) provider follow-up versus routine follow-up upon hospital discharge.  Timely, coordinated resources and provider follow-up may lead to improved QoL for sepsis survivors, however further research on the impact of post- discharge follow-up is needed.
  • 22. Cognitive therapy NO Recommendation  90. There is insufficient evidence to make a recommendation on early cognitive therapy for adult survivors of sepsis or septic shock.  Sepsis is associated with newly acquired cognitive impairment and functional disability amongst survivors. {Long-term impairments in memory, attention, verbal fluency, decision-making and executive functioning.}  A RCT trial in general medical/surgical ICU survivors comparing usual care to an intervention of combined in-home cognitive, physical, and functional rehabilitation following discharge showed improved executive functioning at 3 months .  In centers where cognitive therapy is used, it could reasonably be continued as it is likely acceptable and feasible, but there is insufficient evidence to change practice in centers without such therapy.  The panel judged there to be insufficient evidence to make a recommendation.
  • 23. Post-discharge follow-up Best Practice Statement  91. For adult survivors of sepsis or septic shock, we recommend assessment and follow-up for physical, cognitive, and emotional problems after hospital discharge.  Given the prevalence of new or worsening physical, cognitive, and emotional problems experienced by sepsis survivors, we recommend assessment and follow-up for these problems after hospital discharge.  There are insufficient data to suggest any specific tool to assess for these problems, and the optimal approach will vary by patient and setting.
  • 24. Post-discharge follow-up Weak recommendation, very low-quality evidence  92. For adult survivors of sepsis or septic shock, we suggest referral to a post-critical illness follow-up programme if available.  Post-critical illness programmes have been developed as a means of screening for and addressing the multi-faceted issues faced by ICU survivors.  Our meta-analysis found no differences from usual care in terms of mortality, QoL, physical function, or cognition, with possible small improvements in psychological symptoms (anxiety, depression, PTSD).  We suggest offering referral to post-critical illness clinics where available.
  • 25. Post-discharge follow-up Weak recommendation, very low-quality evidence  93. For adult survivors of sepsis or septic shock receiving mechanical ventilation for > 48 h or an ICU stay of > 72 h, we suggest referral to a post-hospital rehabilitation programme.  Several randomised studies have assessed physical rehabilitation programmes for survivors of critical illness.  Meta-analysis suggests possible small improvements in QoL and depressive symptoms, but no difference in mortality, physical function, or anxiety.  Based on their strong rationale, and benefit in related populations, we suggest referral to rehabilitation programmes in survivors of sepsis.
  • 26.  Goals of care(discussion).  Palliative care.  Peer support groups.  Transitions of care.  Screening for economic or social support.  Sepsis education for patients and families.  Shared decision making.  Discharge planning.  Cognitive therapy.  Post-discharge follow-up.
  • 27. KEY WORDS  These guidelines are intended to reflect best practice.  The Recommendations cannot replace the clinician’s decision-making capability.  Organized and coordinated care delivery.  Practice is matched to “patient and family goals”.  Sepsis, Septic shock, Adults,  Evidence based medicine.