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The Prognostic Value of Osmolality Within the First Week of Sustaining Head Injury

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Proceedings of the 6th European Congress of Neurosurgery

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 28))

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Abstract

On sustaining severe brain damage, there generally follow disturbances of metabolic regulation. The latter is a central function of the diencephalon10 and brain stem7. Thus several groups have monitored various blood metabolites e.g. hyperglycaemia12, azotaemia2, lactatepyruvate8, proteins2, 4 and lipids3 with regard to prognosis after head injury. However, though mentioned2,12, blood and CSF osmolality have not been systematically investigated despite the known role of the diencephalon in osmoregulation13,15 . We therefore investigated the course of blood and CSF osmolalities, correlating them with clinical and other biochemical data.

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  1. Neurosurgical Clinic of the University of Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany

    M. Gaab, H. A. Trost & K. W. Pflughaupt

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  1. Clinique Neurochirurgicale, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Rue Héger-Bordet, 1, B-1000, Bruxelles, Belgium

    J. Brihaye

  2. Middlesbrough General Hospital, Ayresome Green Lane, TS5 5AZ, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, UK

    P. R. R. Clarke

  3. Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik, D-6650, Homburg/Saar, Federal Republic of Germany

    F. Loew

  4. Odense University Hospital, DK-5000, Odense, Denmark

    J. Overgaard M.D.

  5. National Institute of Neurosurgery, Amerikai út 57, H-1145, Budapest, Hungary

    E. Pásztor M.D.

  6. Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Université de Paris VI, Clinique Neuro-Chirurgicale, 83, Boulevard de l’Hôpital, F-75013, Paris, France

    B. Pertuiset

  7. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Langenbeckstrasse 1, D-6500, Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany

    K. Schürmann

  8. Consultant Neurosurgeon, Gough Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, The National Hospital, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG, London, UK

    L. Symon T.D., F.R.C.S.

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Gaab, M., Trost, H.A., Pflughaupt, K.W. (1979). The Prognostic Value of Osmolality Within the First Week of Sustaining Head Injury. In: Brihaye, J., et al. Proceedings of the 6th European Congress of Neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 28. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4088-8_26

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