Septic shock and multiple organ failure: Treatment with haemofiltration?

Hemofiltration: treating and preventing infection

“…Hemofiltration has been advocated as a useful adjunct in the treatment of the sepsis syndrome both with and without multiple organ failure [20]. Experimental studies in animals have shown increased survival times in Staphylococcus aureus induced septicemia in immature swine, and beneficial effects on pulmonary artery wedge pressure and systemic vascular resistance in swine injected with Eschevichia coli endotoxin [21-231. A beneficial effect on ventricular contractility in dogs with induced E. coli septicemia has been demonstrated [24].…”