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Critical Care
Published in: Critical Care 6/2012

01-12-2012 | Letter

Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome in neurointensive care unit: the benefit of intracranial pressure monitoring

Authors: Pierre Esnault, Guillaume Lacroix, Pierre-Julien Cungi, Erwan D'Aranda, Jean Cotte, Philippe Goutorbe

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 6/2012

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Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome (DDS) is a brain disease characterized by neurological symptoms due to cerebral edema after hemodialysis (HD). However, a direct measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP) rarely objectified this edema [1]. We report the case of a patient whose DDS was diagnosed by an increase of ICP. …
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Metadata
Title
Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome in neurointensive care unit: the benefit of intracranial pressure monitoring
Authors
Pierre Esnault
Guillaume Lacroix
Pierre-Julien Cungi
Erwan D'Aranda
Jean Cotte
Philippe Goutorbe
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 6/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc11877

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