Pericontusional brain tissue exhibits persistent elevation of lactate/pyruvate ratio independent of cerebral perfusion pressure

PM Vespa, K O'Phelan, D McArthur, C Miller… - Critical care …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To determine whether pericontusional tissue exhibits neurochemical
responsiveness to changes in cerebral perfusion pressure as measured by microdialysis …

Glucose metabolism following human traumatic brain injury: methods of assessment and pathophysiological findings

I Jalloh, KLH Carpenter, A Helmy, TA Carpenter… - Metabolic brain …, 2015 - Springer
The pathophysiology of traumatic brain (TBI) injury involves changes to glucose uptake into
the brain and its subsequent metabolism. We review the methods used to study cerebral …

Cerebral lactate metabolism after traumatic brain injury

C Patet, T Suys, L Carteron, M Oddo - Current neurology and neuroscience …, 2016 - Springer
Cerebral energy dysfunction has emerged as an important determinant of prognosis
following traumatic brain injury (TBI). A number of studies using cerebral microdialysis …

Anemia and red blood cell transfusion in neurocritical care

AH Kramer, DA Zygun - Critical care, 2009 - Springer
Introduction Anemia is one of the most common medical complications to be encountered in
critically ill patients. Based on the results of clinical trials, transfusion practices across the …

Metabolic failure precedes intracranial pressure rises in traumatic brain injury: a microdialysis study

A Belli, J Sen, A Petzold, S Russo, N Kitchen… - Acta …, 2008 - Springer
Background: Cerebral microdialysis (MD) is able to detect markers of tissue damage and
cerebral ischaemia and can be used to monitor the biochemical changes subsequent to …

Neuroprotection for traumatic brain injury

DJ Loane, BA Stoica, AI Faden - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2015 - Elsevier
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Despite
extensive preclinical research supporting the effectiveness of neuroprotective therapies for …

Simultaneous multispectral reflectance imaging and laser speckle flowmetry of cerebral blood flow and oxygen metabolism in focal cerebral ischemia

PB Jones, HK Shin, DA Boas… - … of biomedical optics, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Real-time investigation of cerebral blood flow (CBF), and oxy-and deoxyhemoglobin
concentration (HbO, HbR) dynamics has been difficult until recently due to limited spatial …

Shedding light on the adult brain: a review of the clinical applications of near-infrared spectroscopy

M Smith - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has potential as a non-invasive brain monitor in a wide
range of clinical scenarios. In the last decade, there has been a rapid expansion of clinical …

Multimodal monitoring in traumatic brain injury: current status and future directions

MM Tisdall, M Smith - British journal of anaesthesia, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in
young people. Despite encouraging animal studies, human trials assessing the use of …

Excitotoxicity and metabolic crisis are associated with spreading depolarizations in severe traumatic brain injury patients

JM Hinzman, JA Wilson, AT Mazzeo… - Journal of …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Cerebral microdialysis has enabled the clinical characterization of excitotoxicity (glutamate>
10 μM) and non-ischemic metabolic crisis (lactate/pyruvate ratio [LPR]> 40) as important …