[Simultaneous extra-corporeal oxygenation and haemodialysis in intesive medicine (a case report) (author's transl)]

In the field of intensive care there is a rise in the number of patients with distrubed or defunct vital functions, in whom multilateral therapy on traditional lines fails. The necessity of introducing new forms of treatment has been the occasion for the development of a universal perfusion device for temporary artificial multiple-organ substitution in the Faculty of Medicine at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. This apparatus makes possible the substitution of, or support for, the functions of lungs, kidneys and liver singly or combined, via the extracorporeal treatment of the blood. The shortterm use of the apparatus is intended to provide, in addition to functional substitution of the organs, the best possible conditions for the regeneration of damaged organs. A critical account is given of the clinical application of the apparatus.