{Reference Type}: Review {Title}: New Guidelines for Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia. {Author}: Calabretta D;Martìn-Loeches I;Torres A; {Journal}: Semin Respir Crit Care Med {Volume}: 45 {Issue}: 2 {Year}: 2024 Apr 1 {Factor}: 3.921 {DOI}: 10.1055/s-0043-1777797 {Abstract}: In 2023, the new European guidelines on severe community-acquired pneumonia, providing clinical practice recommendations for the management of this life-threatening infection, characterized by a high burden of mortality, morbidity, and costs for the society. This review article aims to summarize the principal evidence related to eight different questions covered in the guidelines, by also highlighting the future perspectives for research activity.