Fluid administration, brain edema, and cerebrospinal fluid lactate and glucose concentrations in experimental Escherichia coli meningitis

Täuber, MG; Sande, E; Fournier, MA; Tureen, JH; Sande, MA (1993). Fluid administration, brain edema, and cerebrospinal fluid lactate and glucose concentrations in experimental Escherichia coli meningitis. Journal of infectious diseases, 168(2), pp. 473-6. Cary, N.C.: Oxford University Press 10.1093/infdis/168.2.473

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The effect of no fluids versus liberal fluid supplementation on brain edema and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lactate and glucose concentrations was compared in rabbits with experimental Escherichia coli meningitis. Fluid restriction for the duration of the experiment (19 h) led to a decrease in body weight by approximately 5%, while the high fluid regimen increased body weight by approximately 5%. Infected animals developed brain edema compared with controls, but the fluid regimen had no measurable effect on the degree of edema. In contrast, fluid-restricted animals had significantly higher CSF lactate and lower CSF glucose concentrations than fluid-supplemented animals (lactate, 13.5 +/- 3.5 vs. 10.1 +/- 3.3 mmol/L; glucose, 1.89 +/- 1.39 vs. 4.11 +/- 1.39 mmol/L). These results fail to support the hypothesis that administration of large amounts of fluid in this model of gram-negative bacterial meningitis aggravates brain edema.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases

UniBE Contributor:

Täuber, Martin G.

ISSN:

0022-1899

ISBN:

8335989

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 15:00

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:18

Publisher DOI:

10.1093/infdis/168.2.473

PubMed ID:

8335989

Web of Science ID:

A1993LN81300035

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/25790 (FactScience: 60949)

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