[Isolated ultrafiltration with dialyzer and blood pump in hydropic cardiac insufficiency]

The authors indicate the possibility of an "Isolated Ultrafiltration" in cardiologic patients only with the transportable blood conducting part of the artificial kidney. The loss of oedema fluid by ultrafiltration of the blood is about 500 ml/h using a twin coil dialysator "Keradenta", or, resp., more than 1,200 ml/h using a Hollow Fibre Artificial Kidney "Dow Cordis" Mod. 5 or two HFAKs Mod. 4 in parallel. The method should be practised only in such cardiologic patients, in whom a drug-resistent hyperhydration including hypervolaemia is not a sign of a sure terminal state.