Consensus meeting on microdialysis in neurointensive care.
BACKGROUND
Microdialysis is used in many European neurointensive care units to monitor brain chemistry in patients suffering subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) or traumatic brain injury (TBI).


CONCLUSIONS
We present a consensus agreement achieved at a meeting in Stockholm by a group of experienced users of microdialysis in neurointensive care, defining the use of microdialysis, placement of catheters, unreliable values, chemical markers, and clinical use in SAH and in TBI.


CONCLUSIONS
As microdialysis is maturing into a clinically useful technique for early detection of cerebral ischemia and secondary brain damage, there is a need to following such definition regarding when and how to use microdialysis after SAH and TBI.
Bellander
Bo-Michael
BM
Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet and Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Cantais
Emmanuel
E
Enblad
Per
P
Hutchinson
Peter
P
Nordström
Carl-Henrik
CH
Robertson
Claudia
C
Sahuquillo
Juan
J
Smith
Martin
M
Stocchetti
Nino
N
Ungerstedt
Urban
U
Unterberg
Andreas
A
Olsen
Niels Vidiendal
NV
D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D017551:Microdialysis / Q000379:methods*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism; D013548:Sweden
D007773:Lactates; D018698:Glutamic Acid