Optimizing cerebral glucose in severe traumatic brain injury: still some way to go.
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Zahed, Cameron
Gupta, Arun K
Abstract
This commentary considers some of the factors that affect cerebral glucose metabolism in patients with traumatic brain injury. A study recently reported in Critical Care suggested a blood glucose range that may optimize cerebral glucose utilization; the findings of this study are evaluated and discussed. Some of the mechanisms of cerebral glucose control are explored, including the impact of intensive insulin therapy on cerebral metabolism.
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Blood Glucose, Brain, Brain Injuries, Critical Care, Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative, Humans, Insulin, Trauma Severity Indices
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Crit Care
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1466-609X
1466-609X
1466-609X
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13
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC