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Published on: October 21, 2022
Consensus meeting on microdialysis in neurointensive care
Bo-Michael Bellander1, Emmanuel Cantais, Per Enblad
1Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet and Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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).
Discussion:
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.
