Microdialysate concentration changes do not provide sufficient information to evaluate metabolic effects of lactate supplementation in brain-injured patients

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1844-1864

  Dienel, Gerald A ^a,b   Rothman, Douglas L ^c   Nordström, Carl Henrik ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

brain metabolism; Cerebral microdialysis; glucose; lactate supplementation; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTATE SODIUM; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN; PYRUVIC ACID;

AEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBRAL MICRODIALYSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METABOLIC ACTIVITY ASSAY; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROLOGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEIZURE; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; STRESS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; INTENSIVE CARE; METABOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; CRITICAL CARE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MICRODIALYSIS; OXYGEN; PYRUVIC ACID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84994160290     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271678X16666552     Document Type: Article

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