Cerebral glutamine concentration and lactate-pyruvate ratio in patients with acute liver failure

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-7

  Bjerring, Peter Nissen ^a   Hauerberg, John ^a   Frederiksen, Hans Jorgen ^a   Jorgensen, Linda ^a   Hansen, Bent Adel ^a   Tofteng, Flemming ^a   Larsen, Fin Stolze ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Ammonia; Cerebral edema; Hepatic encephalopathy; Intracranial pressure; Microdialysis; MPT

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LACTIC ACID; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; PYRUVIC ACID; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 54449091991     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-008-9060-4     Document Type: Article

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