Critical care guidelines, 2025-26
89 Critical care guidelines, consensus and position statements from 2025 and 2026, newest first. Every entry links to the publisher's own page, and 33 can be downloaded here as PDFs.
Critical care 89
- Clinical practice guideline for renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (2026 edition)
Journal of Intensive Medicine, Dec 2026 · Publisher page - Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of stress ulcers in critically ill patients (2026)
Journal of Intensive Medicine, Dec 2026 · Publisher page - Global Leadership Initiative on Indications to Nutritional Therapy and Support (GLINTS): A consensus report from the global clinical nutrition community
Clinical Nutrition, Oct 2026 · Publisher page - Guidelines for Decisions to Withhold or Withdraw Life-Sustaining Treatments (LST) in Adult ICU
Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine, Oct 2026 · Publisher page - Expert Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury—2026
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, Sep 2026 · Publisher page - Noninvasive respiratory support for adult patients with acute respiratory failure: an official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Sep 2026 · Publisher page - Guidelines for Seizure Prophylaxis in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals from the Neurocritical Care Society
Neurocritical Care, Aug 2026 · Publisher page - International multidisciplinary consensus statement on sepsis code guidelines: A Delphi approach
Journal of Internal Medicine, Aug 2026 · Publisher page - Korean clinical practice guidelines for rehabilitation in critically ill patients and post-intensive care syndrome
Acute and Critical Care, Aug 2026 · Publisher page - Safety recommendations on laboratory and blood count values for early mobilization in critically ill adults: an expert consensus
Critical Care Science, Aug 2026 · Publisher page - Tracheostomy decannulation process model: an interprofessional, Latin-American Delphi consensus
Medicina Intensiva, Aug 2026 · Publisher page - Choosing Wisely Canada climate-conscious recommendations for critical care medicine
Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthesie, Jul 2026 · Publisher page - Consensus recommendations for patient selection and clinical implementation of polymyxin B hemoadsorption in endotoxic septic shock
Critical Care, Jul 2026 · Publisher page - Management of critically ill cancer patients. Expert consensus statement of the "Intensive Care for Hematology and Oncology Patients" (iCHOP) Working Group of the German Society of Hematology and Oncology (DGHO), Austrian Society of Hematology and Oncology (OeGHO), German Society for Medical Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine (DGIIN), and Austrian Society of Medical and General Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ÖGIAIN)
European Journal of Cancer (Oxford, England, Jul 2026 · Publisher page - Singapore Post-cardiac Arrest Care Guidelines 2026
Singapore Medical Journal, Jul 2026 · Publisher page - International evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasound
Intensive Care Medicine, Jun 2026 · Publisher page - Central venous cannulation in critically ill patients: guidelines of the Polish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy
Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, May 2026 · Publisher page - ESPEN practical guideline on ethical aspects of medical nutrition therapy
Clinical Nutrition, May 2026 · Publisher page - The Dutch Clinical Practice Guideline: Pain, analgesia/sedation, delirium, immobility and sleep disturbances; PADIS
Intensive & Critical Care Nursing, May 2026 · Publisher page - Consensus statement from the 2025 Delphi panel on cerebral microdialysis in critical care
Critical Care, Apr 2026 · Publisher page - Consensus statement on the definition, diagnostic criteria, and treatment of refractory septic shock using a Delphi methodology
Medicina Intensiva, Apr 2026 · Publisher page - Ethical Challenges of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Society Consensus on Key Issues and Practical Recommendations
ASAIO Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, Apr 2026 · Publisher page - Management of Dysphagia in Patients with Tracheostomy: Clinical Position Statement of the UEP Swallowing Committee
Dysphagia, Apr 2026 · Publisher page - ELSO 2025 Narrative Guideline on ECMO Training and Continuing Education
ASAIO Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, Mar 2026 · Publisher page - Gaps and Strategies for Management of Sepsis in Low-Resource Settings: Expert Consensus Statements Using a Delphi Method
Critical Care Medicine, Mar 2026 · Publisher page - Haemodynamic monitoring and management of the hypotensive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patient in the adult intensive care unit: a clinical consensus statement of the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care of the ESC
European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care, Mar 2026 · Publisher page - Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines for the Administration of Neuromuscular Blockade in Adults With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Critical Care Medicine, Mar 2026 · Publisher page - Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines for the Allocation of Critical Care Resources to Adults During Crisis-Level Shortages
Critical Care Medicine, Mar 2026 · Publisher page - Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU
Critical Care Medicine, Mar 2026 · Publisher page - Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2026
Intensive Care Medicine, Mar 2026 · Publisher page - Consensus on identifying and ranking ventilator asynchronies in invasively ventilated ICU patients: a modified Delphi study (SYNAPsE)
Intensive Care Medicine, Feb 2026 · Publisher page - Global practice and challenges in the diagnosis and management of disseminated intravascular coagulation: communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Feb 2026 · Publisher page - Recommendations for Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Critically Ill Adults: A Contextualized Clinical Practice Guideline From the Saudi Critical Care Society and the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Endorsed by the Kuwait Anesthesia and Critical Care Society
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Feb 2026 · Publisher page - Recommendations in Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Post Resuscitation Care Via An International, Modified Delphi Approach
Journal of the American Heart Association, Feb 2026 · Publisher page - 2025 ELSO Consensus Statement for the Provision and Management of Nutrition Therapy in Critically Ill Adult Patients Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
ASAIO Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, Jan 2026 · Publisher page - Multidisciplinary guidelines on renal replacement therapy in intensive care medicine
Critical Care, Jan 2026 · Publisher page - Experts’ recommendations for the management of adult patients with cardiogenic shock
Annals of Intensive Care, 2026 · Publisher page - Guidelines for the prevention of bloodstream infections and other infections associated with the use of intravascular catheters
2026 - Clinical Guideline for Treating Acute Respiratory Insufficiency with Invasive Ventilation and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Updated Evidence-Based Recommendations for Choosing Modes and Setting Parameters of Mechanical Ventilation
Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases, Dec 2025 · Publisher page - American Burn Association Clinical Practice Guideline on Blood Product Transfusion in Burn Care
Journal of Burn Care & Research, Nov 2025 · Publisher page - Chinese expert consensus on prevention, diagnosis, and management of venous thromboembolism in adult burn patients (2024)
Military Medical Research, Nov 2025 · Publisher page - Clinical practice guideline for nonpharmacological prevention and management of patient agitation in the adult intensive care unit (CALM ICU)
Australian Critical Care, Nov 2025 · Publisher page - ESICM guidelines on circulatory shock and hemodynamic monitoring 2025
Intensive Care Medicine, Nov 2025 · Publisher page - Management of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Intensive Care Units: Guidelines From the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS)
Mycoses, Nov 2025 · Publisher page - British societies guideline on the management of emergencies in patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Intensive Care Medicine, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - Diagnostic and application guidelines for malnutrition in adult patients (2025 edition)
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - ELSO 2025 Narrative Guideline on the Use of ECMO for Accidental Hypothermia
ASAIO Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - European Resuscitation Council and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Guidelines 2025 Post-Resuscitation Care
Resuscitation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - European Resuscitation Council and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine guidelines 2025: post-resuscitation care
Intensive Care Medicine, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - Intensive Care Departments organization towards High-Quality Care: SOGAMIUC recommendations Using a Delphi Methodology (endorsed by SEMICYUC, SAMI, SBMICIUC, SOCAMICYUC, SNMIUC, SCLMICYUC, SOCMIC, SEXMICYUC, and SOMIUC)
Medicina Intensiva, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - Part 11: Post-Cardiac Arrest Care: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Circulation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - ELSO 2025 Narrative Guideline on Pregnant and Peripartum Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
ASAIO Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, Sep 2025 · Publisher page - Expert opinion-based recommendations promoted by GTIPO-SEDAR to optimize the therapeutic management of intra-abdominal candidiasis
Revista Espanola de Anestesiologia y Reanimacion, Sep 2025 · Publisher page - Extracorporeal Blood Purification with the oXiris® Filter for Patients with Sepsis and Hyperinflammatory Conditions: The Asia-Pacific oXiris Expert Meeting 2024 Consensus Statements
Blood Purification, Sep 2025 · Publisher page - UK consensus statement on priorities to support the process of withdrawal of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
British Journal of Anaesthesia, Sep 2025 · Publisher page - Definitions and consensus recommendations on critical care medicine at altitude from the Expert Committee on Critical Care Medicine at altitude of the Pan-American and Iberian Federation of Critical Care Medicine and Intensive Care
Medicina Intensiva, Aug 2025 · Publisher page - European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline on fluid therapy in adult critically ill patients: Part 3—fluid removal at de-escalation phase
Intensive Care Medicine, Aug 2025 · Publisher page - Ketamine Analgo-sedation for Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Adults: A Rapid Practice Guideline from the Saudi Critical Care Society and the Scandinavian Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
Anesthesia and Analgesia, Jul 2025 · Publisher page - Updated definition and scoring of disseminated intravascular coagulation in 2025: communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Jul 2025 · Publisher page - Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adult trauma patients with refractory acute cardiopulmonary failure: guideline from the Chinese society of extracorporeal life support 2025
Critical Care, Jul 2025 · Publisher page - CALM ICU guidelines: Preliminary guidelines on non-pharmacological strategies for agitation in the ICU - A Delphi study
Intensive & Critical Care Nursing, Jun 2025 · Publisher page - Diagnosis and treatment of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in critically ill intensive care patients: executive summary of the German national guideline (AWMF 113-005)
Infection, Jun 2025 · Publisher page - International expert consensus statement on PICU admission and early critical care management for paediatric patients following haematopoietic cell transplant and immune effector cell therapy
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, Jun 2025 · Publisher page - Singapore clinical guideline on parenteral nutrition in adult patients in the acute hospital setting
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, Jun 2025 · Publisher page - An Italian expert consensus on the choice of the method of tip location for central venous access devices
The Journal of Vascular Access, May 2025 · Publisher page - ESICM—ESPNIC international expert consensus on quantitative lung ultrasound in intensive care
Intensive Care Medicine, May 2025 · Publisher page - 2025 Concise Clinical Guidance: An ACC Expert Consensus Statement on the Evaluation and Management of Cardiogenic Shock
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Apr 2025 · Publisher page - Australian clinical practice guideline for physical rehabilitation and mobilisation in adult intensive care units
Australian Critical Care, Apr 2025 · Publisher page - Guidelines For Adult Pleural Fluid Effusion In Critical Care
Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine, Apr 2025 · Publisher page - American Society of Hematology living guidelines on use of anticoagulation for thromboprophylaxis for patients with COVID-19: executive summary
Blood Advances, Mar 2025 · Publisher page - European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) 2025 clinical practice guideline on fluid therapy in adult critically ill patients: part 2—the volume of resuscitation fluids
Intensive Care Medicine, Mar 2025 · Publisher page - The Australasian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Consensus statements on refeeding syndrome
Nutrition & Dietetics, Mar 2025 · Publisher page - Transfusion of Fresh Frozen Plasma and Platelets in Critically Ill Adults: An American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline
Chest, Mar 2025 · Publisher page - A Focused Update to the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Anxiety, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU
Critical Care Medicine, Feb 2025 · Publisher page - Diagnostic Stewardship of Endotracheal Aspirate Cultures in Hospitalized Children With Artificial Airways: Expert Consensus Statements From the BrighT STAR (Testing STewardship for Antibiotic Reduction) Respiratory Collaborative
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Feb 2025 · Publisher page - ESICM consensus-based recommendations for the management of very old patients in intensive care
Intensive Care Medicine, Feb 2025 · Publisher page - Executive Summary of a Focused Update to the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Anxiety, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU
Critical Care Medicine, Feb 2025 · Publisher page - Guidelines for Performing Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Cannulation: Recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, Feb 2025 · Publisher page - Joint statement on evidence-based practices in mechanical ventilation: suggestions from two Brazilian medical societies
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, Feb 2025 · Publisher page - Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Critically Ill Adults
CHEST, Feb 2025 · Publisher page - Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines for the Treatment of Heat Stroke
Critical Care Medicine, Feb 2025 · Publisher page - Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Adult Critical Care Ultrasonography: Focused Update 2024
Critical Care Medicine, Feb 2025 · Publisher page - Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Family-Centered Care for Adult ICUs: 2024
Critical Care Medicine, Feb 2025 · Publisher page - Clinical practice guidelines for management of disseminated intravascular coagulation in Japan 2024: part 4-trauma, burn, obstetrics, acute pancreatitis/liver failure, and others
International Journal of Hematology, Jan 2025 · Publisher page - Extracorporeal Life Support Organization 2024 Guideline for Early Rehabilitation or Mobilization of Adult Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
ASAIO Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, Jan 2025 · Publisher page - The Brussels consensus for non-invasive ICP monitoring when invasive systems are not available in the care of TBI patients (the B-ICONIC consensus, recommendations, and management algorithm)
Intensive Care Medicine, Jan 2025 · Publisher page - Treatment of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis and Preventive and Empirical Therapy for Invasive Candidiasis in Adult Pulmonary and Critical Care Patients: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Jan 2025 · Publisher page - Expert consensus‑based clinical practice guidelines for nutritional support in the intensive care unit: the French Intensive Care Society (SRLF) and the French-Speaking Group of Pediatric Emergency Physicians and Intensivists (GFRUP)
Annals of Intensive Care, 2025 · Publisher page - Guidelines for the management of emergencies and critical illness in pediatric and adult patients with sickle cell disease
Annals of Intensive Care, 2025 · Publisher page