The article deals with the experience in the treatment of 220 children
with generalized forms of purulent peritonitis of various origin (app
endicular, posttraumatic, consequence of destructive pancreatitis and
other inflammatory processes in the abdominal cavity). A scheme of the
rapeutic measures which were applied for the control of infection and
endotoxicosis is given. They include homeostasis by means of extracorp
oreal detoxification, differentiated immunocorrection, quantum therapy
, and other modern methods of treatment. Mortality among the patients
was 5.9%, while before the introduction of the described methods into
practice it was 13.2%.