title: CSF lactate and CT findings in middle cerebral artery infarction. A comparative study.
abstract: The extent of edema related to infarction assessed by computed tomography was compared with the CSF-lactate concentration in patients with middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction on the first, third and seventh day following the stroke. A linear correlation between the extent of infarction edema and CSF-lactate level was most distinct on the third day. CSF-lactate concentration on the third day can be considered as a measure of the extent of the accompanying edema which in our study reached its maximum at this time in comparison to the first and seventh day.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology; D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007773:Lactates / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D019344:Lactic Acid