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Neurometabolic changes during treatment with moderate hypothermia in a patient suffering from severe middle cerebral artery infarction.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11721098     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Microdialysis is a means of measuring neurochemical changes in the extracellular space and has been applied in acute brain trauma, subarachnoid hemorrhage and stroke patients. In this study, we monitored neurochemical changes in the extracellular space using microdialysis in a patient with left-sided hemispheric infarction treated with moderate hypothermia (33 degrees C). Microdialysis probes were obtained from the infarcted and noninfarcted hemisphere during hypothermia and rewarming. Concentrations of extracellular substances in the infarcted hemisphere (glutamate, glycerine, lactate/pyruvate) decreased with hypothermia and remained stable (glutamate) or increased (glycerine, lactate/pyruvate) during rewarming. Concentrations of these substances in the noninfarcted hemisphere remained at normal levels. Microdialysis monitoring of therapeutic hypothermia in severe hemispheric infarction might be a useful additional monitoring tool to assess the status of the brain and to predict further deterioration.
Authors:
W R Schäbitz; C Berger; P D Schellinger; A Aschoff; T Steiner; S Schwab
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland)     Volume:  12     ISSN:  1015-9770     ISO Abbreviation:  Cerebrovasc. Dis.     Publication Date:  2001  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-11-26     Completed Date:  2002-02-04     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9100851     Medline TA:  Cerebrovasc Dis     Country:  Switzerland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  298-302     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany. wolf_schaebitz@med.uni-heidelberg.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Brain Ischemia / metabolism,  therapy
Extracellular Space / metabolism
Glutamic Acid / metabolism
Glycerol / metabolism
Humans
Hypothermia, Induced*
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / metabolism*,  radiography,  therapy*
Lactic Acid / metabolism
Microdialysis
Pyruvic Acid / metabolism
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
127-17-3/Pyruvic Acid; 50-21-5/Lactic Acid; 56-81-5/Glycerol; 56-86-0/Glutamic Acid

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