title: [International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock 2012 - comment].
abstract: Sepsis is one of the leading and grossly under recognized cause of death in the world. If not recognized early and treated promptly, sepsis leads to septic shock, multiorgan failure and death. This article summarizes recently updated international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock.
authors.forename: Jiří
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chvojka
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matějovič
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018805:Sepsis / Q000628:therapy; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000628:therapy*