Can we treat post cardiac arrest shock by removing cytokines from circulation with high cut-off veno-venous hemodialysis?

Circulatory failure with clinical feat.ures resembling septic shock, is a common complication in patients resuscitated after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).1 A well-known feature in these critically ill patients, is an inflammatory response the magnitude of which is associated with organ failure, which appears to contribute to their long-term outcome.2 Plasma levels of inflammatory biomarkers correlate with the severity of refractory shock and vasopressor requirements during post-resuscitation care, and appear associated with poor neurological outcomes.
Source: Resuscitation - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research