Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome: Brain death following hemodialysis for metabolic acidosis and acute renal failure - A case report

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Bagshaw, Sean M ^a   Peets, Adam D ^a   Hameed, Morad ^a   Boiteau, Paul J E ^a   Laupland, Kevin B ^a,b   Doig, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA; VANCOMYCIN;

ACIDITY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLADDER WALL; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIALYSIS DISEQUILIBRIUM SYNDROME; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAY MATTER; HEAD; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPEROSMOLALITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PNEUMONIA; PUPIL REFLEX; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THICKNESS; WHITE MATTER;

ACIDOSIS; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PYURIA; RENAL DIALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 13444310769     PISSN: 14712369     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-5-9     Document Type: Review

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