Azotemia protects the brain from osmotic demyelination on rapid correction of hyponatremia

Osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS) is a dreadful, irreversible and well-recognized clinical entity that classically occurs after rapid correction of hyponatremia. However, it has been observed that when hyponatremia is rapidly corrected in azotemic patients by hemodialysis (HD), patients do not ne...

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Main Authors: Murtaza F Dhrolia, Syed F Akhtar, Ejaz Ahmed, Anwar Naqvi, Adeeb Rizvi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2014;volume=25;issue=3;spage=558;epage=566;aulast=Dhrolia