title: 'Super high-flux' or 'high cut-off' hemofiltration and hemodialysis.
abstract: Recently, 'super high-flux' (SHF) or 'high cut-off' (HCO) membranes have been developed to increase the clearance of inflammatory mediators. In the experimental and clinical settings, SHF/HCO membranes appear to achieve greater clearance of inflammatory cytokines than conventional high-flux membranes. SHF/HCO membranes also restore immune cell function, attenuate hemodynamic instability and decrease plasma IL-6 levels. Moreover, SHF/HCO membranes can eliminate larger late-phase inflammatory mediators such as HMGB-1. Although albumin sieving coefficients with SHF/HCO membranes are greater than with conventional high-flux membranes, the daily amount lost is limited and can be replaced. Hemodialysis with SHF/HCO membranes can also achieve similar cytokine removal to hemofiltration with acceptable albumin losses. When strategies for sepsis or systemic inflammation treatment target middle molecular mediators, both SHF/HCO hemofiltration and hemodialysis appear feasible and safe and require further clinical investigation.
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naka
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haase
authors.forename: Rinaldo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bellomo
mesh_terms: D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006440:Hemofiltration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000097:blood / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D008567:Membranes, Artificial