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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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| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2004
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| 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 |