Medical Definition of Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome
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Nausea, vomiting, and hypertension, occasionally with convulsions, developing within several hours after starting haemodialysis for renal failure; apparently caused by too rapid removal of urea from the extracellular fluid compartment, with movement of water into cells, and cerebral oedema.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome
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