Rapid Unexpected Brain Herniation in Association with Renal Replacement Therapy in Acute Brain Injury: Caution in the Neurocritical Care Unit

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 176-183

  Osgood, Marcey ^a   Compton, Rebecca ^a   Carandang, Raphael ^a   Hall, Wiley ^a   Kershaw, Glenn ^a   Muehlschlegel, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Brain herniation; CVVH; Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome; Hemodialysis; Neurocritical care; Renal replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; MANNITOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION HEMORRHAGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CRANIECTOMY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MYDRIASIS; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN INJURIES; ENCEPHALOCELE; FATALITY; HEMOFILTRATION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; ENCEPHALOCELE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

EID: 84924961396     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-014-0064-y     Document Type: Article

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