Osmotherapy

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Osmotherapy

Intravenous injection or oral administration of an agent that induces dehydration. The goal of dehydration is to reduce the amount of accumulated fluid in the brain.

Mentioned in: Barbiturate-Induced Coma

osmotherapy

the use of hypertonic solutions to produce dehydration.

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