Continue arterioveneuze hemofiltratie, een nuttige therapeutische aanwinst?

- We describe the results of continuous arteriovenous haemofiltration in 40 patients in our intensive care unit treated in a period of over three years. The indications for this therapy are described as well as the technique, advantages and complications. The results are reported. Adequate fluid removal was possible in all cases. The most important complication was significant local bleeding, which occurred in three patients in whom excessive heparinization, thrombocytopenia and uraemia were present in combination. One of these patients died.