The authors submit their initial experience with the activities of the hemodialyzation centre at a surgical department. They present an analysis of 79 patients where some hemopurifying procedures or their combinations were applied. These methods make it possible to perform more safely extensive surgery, they improve the care of patients with multiple injuries and extend therapeutic possibilities in acute pancreatitis and hyperbilirubinaemia when they cannot be treated by other methods. From the range of hemopurifying methods they consider the following most suitable for a surgical department: classical acute haemodialysis, hemodiafiltration, haemoperfusion and continuous arteriovenous dialysis.

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