In medicine, hemofiltration, also haemofiltration, is a renal replacement therapy similar to hemodialysis which is used almost exclusivley in the intensive care setting. Thus, it is almost always used for acute renal failure. It is a slow continuous therapy in which sessions usually last between 12 to 24 hours and are usually performed daily.

An extracorporeal process of filtering the blood to correct various imbalances.

a type of filtration in which excess fluids are removed from the blood.