Exchange transfusion in the treatment of endotoxic shock with disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Septicemia in the young infant, particularly the newborn, has a high mortality despite the use of potent anti-microbial agents. Case reports and studies reporting the successful use of Exchange Transfusion (E. T.) in Septicemia of the newborn prompted us to apply this measure in this patient. 1.2 However we have not found any reports on the use E.T. beyond the neonatal period, in the critically ill septic child.