Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome: Brain death following hemodialysis for metabolic acidosis and acute renal failure – A case report

BACKGROUND: Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome (DDS) is the clinical phenomenon of acute neurologic symptoms attributed to cerebral edema that occurs during or following intermittent hemodialysis (HD). We describe a case of DDS-induced cerebral edema that resulted in irreversible brain injury and deat...

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Autores principales: Bagshaw, Sean M, Peets, Adam D, Hameed, Morad, Boiteau, Paul JE, Laupland, Kevin B, Doig, Christopher J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC515303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15318947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-5-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC515303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15318947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-5-9

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