Case Report

Increased Intracranial Pressure during Hemodialysis in a Patient with Anoxic Brain Injury

Figure 1

(a) Computed tomography of the brain upon arrival, showing no evidence of cerebral edema or infarction. (b) Day 3, after 7 hours of continuous renal replacement therapy: the scan now shows generalized cerebral edema with effacement of the basal cisterns and reduced grey-white matter differentiation.
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