Related Experiment Video
Updated: Apr 30, 2026
![Semi-quantitative Assessment Using [18F]FDG Tracer in Patients with Severe Brain Injury](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront.jove.com%2FCDNSource%2Fteasers%2F58641.jpg&w=3840&q=50)
Semi-quantitative Assessment Using [18F]FDG Tracer in Patients with Severe Brain Injury
Published on: November 9, 2018
Glycemic control after brain injury: boon and bane for the brain
1Division of Psychoneurobiology, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany.
Abstract:
Hyperglycemia is a common phenomenon in the early phase of brain injury (BI). The management of blood glucose levels after BI, however, is subject of a growing debate. The occurrence of elevated blood glucose concentrations is linked to increased mortality and worse neurologic outcomes indicating the necessity for therapeutic glucose-lowering. Intensive glucose-lowering therapy, on the other hand, inevitably results in an increased rate of hypoglycemic episodes with detrimental effects on the injured brain. In this review, we give an overview on the current knowledge about causes and pathophysiological consequences of dysglycemia in patients with BI and offer some suggestions for clinical glucose management.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
Hypoglycemia and Glucagon
Traumatic Brain Injury l: Introduction
Hypoglycemia
Hyperglycemia
Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State
Diabetes Mellitus: Type 2 and Gestational

