Septic shock: MHH team researches new treatment strategy

PD Dr. Klaus Stahl ( left ) and specialist nurse Beate Renz at a plasma exchange device in a patient room. Copyright: 'Karin Kaiser / MHH'. Large study aims to clarify whether therapeutic plasma exchange increases the survival rate of those affected Sepsis is the most common cause of death in infections. In Germany alone, around 75,000 people die from it every year. The most severe form of sepsis leads to circulatory failure, which experts refer to as septic shock. 60 percent of cases are fatal. So far, there is no specific therapy for septic shock - but that could soon change.