The Present State of Knowledge of Severe Sepsis in Children

Severe sepsis in children was a major subject and problem in the field of the Critical Care Medicine.Although effective antibiotics and supportive treatment for organ failure can be used to treat sepsis,mortality of septic children was high.Recently,continuous blood purification was widely used to treat sepsis,systemic inflammatory response syndrome and multiple organ dysfunction syndromes and has better effect.Continuous blood purification was considered as effective treatment for severe sepsis.