Glycemia Is Related to Impaired Cerebrovascular Autoregulation after Severe Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Observational Study

• Main Authors: Adam M. H. Young (Author), Hadie Adams (Author), Joseph Donnelly (Author), Mathew R. Guilfoyle (Author), Helen Fernandes (Author), Mathew R. Garnett (Author), Marek Czosnyka (Author), Peter Smielewski (Author), Mark Plummer (Author), Shruti Agrawal (Author), Peter J. Hutchinson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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IntroductionA strong association exists between hyperglycemia and outcome in pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI). Herein, we describe observations of serum markers of glucose metabolism in a cohort of pediatric TBI patients and how these variables are related to parameters of intracranial pathoph...