Early cerebral hyperglycolysis after subarachnoid haemorrhage correlates with favourable outcome
(2002) In Acta Neurochirurgica 144(11). p.31-1121- Abstract
BACKGROUND: Intracerebral microdialysis (MD) was applied in patients with severe subarachnoid haemorrhage treated in a neurosurgical intensive care unit in order to explore their cerebral energy metabolism.
METHOD: Brain MD fluid levels of glucose, lactate and pyruvate were measured for 3 to 12 days in 20 patients and 2,635 hourly samples were analysed. The MD data were related to computerized tomography and clinical outcome, assessed by the Glasgow Outcome Scale.
FINDINGS: The study showed that most patients who made a good recovery had a specific curve pattern when plotting the studied metabolites over time, characterised by a distinct decrease in MD-glucose and a parallel increase in both MD-lactate and pyruvate. Patients... (More)
BACKGROUND: Intracerebral microdialysis (MD) was applied in patients with severe subarachnoid haemorrhage treated in a neurosurgical intensive care unit in order to explore their cerebral energy metabolism.
METHOD: Brain MD fluid levels of glucose, lactate and pyruvate were measured for 3 to 12 days in 20 patients and 2,635 hourly samples were analysed. The MD data were related to computerized tomography and clinical outcome, assessed by the Glasgow Outcome Scale.
FINDINGS: The study showed that most patients who made a good recovery had a specific curve pattern when plotting the studied metabolites over time, characterised by a distinct decrease in MD-glucose and a parallel increase in both MD-lactate and pyruvate. Patients who had an unfavourable outcome lacked this distinct curve pattern and exhibited more irregular changes, including increased levels of both MD-glucose and lactate and low MD-pyruvate levels.
INTERPRETATION: This exploratory study suggests that accumulation of interstitial lactate and pyruvate, together with decreasing levels of glucose is a favourable prognostic pattern presumably reflecting increased glucose metabolism. Such hyperglycolysis may be elicited in patients with recovery potential to cope with an extreme metabolic demand set in motion by a brain insult to restore brain cell homeostasis and integrity.
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- Cesarini, K G
; Enblad, P
; Ronne-Engström, E
; Marklund, N
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; Salci, K ; Nilsson, P ; Hårdemark, H-G ; Hillered, L and Persson, L
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- 2002-11
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Blood Glucose, Brain, Embolization, Therapeutic, Energy Metabolism, Female, Glasgow Outcome Scale, Glycolysis, Humans, Intracranial Aneurysm, Lactic Acid, Male, Microdialysis, Microsurgery, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Pyruvic Acid, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Survival Rate
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- Acta Neurochirurgica
- volume
- 144
- issue
- 11
- pages
- 11 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- external identifiers
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- pmid:12434168
- scopus:0036433025
- ISSN
- 0001-6268
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00701-002-1011-9
- language
- English
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- no
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- fb9c6885-cc27-4b86-b04b-1ff6af13488a
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