Concern regarding the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines dates back to their inception. Guideline development was sponsored by Eli Lilly and Edwards Life Sciences as part of a commercial marketing campaign. Throughout its history, the SSC has a track record of conflicts of interest, making strong recommendations based on weak evidence, and being poorly responsive to new evidence. We are disseminating an international petition that will allow clinicians to express their displeasure and concern over these guidelines. If you believe that our septic patients deserve more evidence-based guidelines, please stand with us. One size does not fit all.

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