INTRODUCTION Continuous venovenous hemodiafi ltration, generally used in patients with acute renal failure, enables elimination of humoral mediators of systemic infl ammatory response and sepsis from blood. This effect should improve treatment results in patients with multiple organ dysfunction, but evidence of improved survival is insuffi cient.
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