Abstract
This paper was concerned with a survey on the present condition of diagnosis and treatment of septic shock in pediatric surgery in Japan. We wrote to sixy-nine pediatric surgeons authorized as an experienced doctor by the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons and asked to fill the questionaire on their cases of septic shock in surgical infants and children during the past five years and comment on the criteria of septic shock by themselves and the theapeutic principle. Sixty surgeons responded to our survey. As a result, 343 cases were collected including 215 neonates. In this paper the resuit was presented in detaie and discussed.
