Scientists at Karolinska University publish new data on craniocerebral trauma therapy

Fresh data on craniocerebral trauma are presented in the report "Intravenous glutamine supplementation to head trauma patients leaves cerebral glutamate concentration unaffected. There is reluctance to use glutamine-containing i.v. nutrition for neurosurgical patients, as this may result in elevated intracerebral glutamate levels, which are thought to be associated with neuronal injury and cell swelling, causing an increase in ICP and an unfavourable outcome. As general ICU patients benefit from i.v. glutamine supplementation in terms of reduced mortality and morbidity, neurosurgical patients might also be candidates for such treatment, if the possible relation between i.v. glutamine...

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