title: [Catheterization of the internal jugular vein in the assessment of brain metabolism: right or left side?].
abstract: Oxygen and glucose were measured in arterial and venous blood of 10 patients operated on for arterial aneurysms of the cerebral vessels. The blood was collected through catheters inserted on the right and left from the internal jugular vein bulb. Blood samples were collected at the beginning and end of surgery simultaneously from 3 sites: artery and right and left veins. The values for the right and left jugular veins initially differed much in 5 out of 11 cases. The causes of these differences are discussed, but this fact makes us doubt the efficacy of catheterization of one internal jugular vein for assessing the cerebral metabolism in various clinical situations.
authors.forename: A Iu
authors.initials: AIu
authors.lastname: Lubnin
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Moshkin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002404:Catheterization; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D010100:Oxygen