Lydia Chang and Arun Kannappan, “Sepsis Management: Beyond the Bundle”

Sepsis remains a life-threatening disease in the setting of infection that causes significant morbidity and mortality. The new Sepsis Definitions and updated Surviving Sepsis Guidelines released in the past two years herald a time of change in the assessment and treatment of sepsis. This lecture aims to address many questions that remain unanswered in treating this illness by reviewing the latest information on epidemiology in the age of sepsis bundle implementation, methods to predict fluid responsiveness in patients with sepsis and hypotension, as well as new diagnostics and therapies recently approved and on the horizon.

Lydia Chang is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine. She specializes in critical care medicine, respiratory failure, ARDS, sepsis, medical emergency teams, asthma, and COPD.

Arun Kannappan is Chief Fellow, Pulmonology and Critical Care. His interests include ICU outcomes, quality improvement, and academic education.