title: Consensus meeting on microdialysis in neurointensive care.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet and Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Bo-Michael
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Bellander
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cantais
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Enblad
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hutchinson
authors.forename: Carl-Henrik
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Nordström
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sahuquillo
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Nino
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stocchetti
authors.forename: Urban
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ungerstedt
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Unterberg
authors.forename: Niels Vidiendal
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Olsen
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D018698:Glutamic Acid