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[Complications of continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration]. 1985

T Stokke, and D Kettler

Among annually 10 treatments with continuous arteriovenous haemofiltration (CAVH) during the last years there were some individual instances of severe complications: occluding thrombus in the femoral artery, infection at the site where the arterial catheter was inserted and disconnection in the extracorporeal shunt. When choosing the method for compensating renal failure, the possibility of these complications must be considered. Patients who will tolerate intermittent hyperhydration between two dialysis sessions should be treated discontinuously with a technique not-employing arterial cannulation rather than with CAVH.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D001790	Blood Physiological Phenomena	Physiological processes and properties of the BLOOD.	Blood Physiologic Processes,Blood Physiological Processes,Blood Physiology,Blood Physiological Concepts,Blood Physiological Phenomenon,Physiology, Blood,Blood Physiological Concept,Blood Physiological Phenomenas,Concept, Blood Physiological,Concepts, Blood Physiological,Phenomena, Blood Physiological,Phenomenon, Blood Physiological,Physiologic Processes, Blood,Physiological Concept, Blood,Physiological Concepts, Blood,Physiological Phenomenon, Blood,Processes, Blood Physiologic,Processes, Blood Physiological
D005112	Extracorporeal Circulation	Diversion of blood flow through a circuit located outside the body but continuous with the bodily circulation.	Circulation, Extracorporeal,Circulations, Extracorporeal,Extracorporeal Circulations
D005263	Femoral Artery	The main artery of the thigh, a continuation of the external iliac artery.	Common Femoral Artery,Arteries, Common Femoral,Arteries, Femoral,Artery, Common Femoral,Artery, Femoral,Common Femoral Arteries,Femoral Arteries,Femoral Arteries, Common,Femoral Artery, Common
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013923	Thromboembolism	Obstruction of a blood vessel (embolism) by a blood clot (THROMBUS) in the blood stream.	Thromboembolisms
D014462	Ultrafiltration	The separation of particles from a suspension by passage through a filter with very fine pores. In ultrafiltration the separation is accomplished by convective transport; in DIALYSIS separation relies instead upon differential diffusion. Ultrafiltration occurs naturally and is a laboratory procedure. Artificial ultrafiltration of the blood is referred to as HEMOFILTRATION or HEMODIAFILTRATION (if combined with HEMODIALYSIS).