BLOOD-GLUCOSE - PROGNOSTIC PARAMETER IN S PONTANEOUS SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE

Authors
BEREK K KIECHL S AUCKENTHALER A HARING HP KAMPFL A PFAUSLER B SCHMUTZHARD E
Citation
K. Berek et al., BLOOD-GLUCOSE - PROGNOSTIC PARAMETER IN S PONTANEOUS SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, Aktuelle Neurologie, 21(2), 1994, pp. 47-49
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Aktuelle Neurologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
03024350
Volume
21
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
47 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0302-4350(1994)21:2<47:B-PPIS>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Hyperglycemia can be observed in various neurological and internal dis eases without diabetes mellitus being present. In a retrospective surv ey of 100 consecutive patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhag e (SAH) a significant prognostic correlation between elevated blood gl ucose levels and unfavourable outcome could be demonstrated. A rise of plasma catecholamines, plasma cortisol and growth hormone are discuss ed as possible reasons for elevated blood glucose levels.