• J Clin Neurosci · May 2012

    "Moderate intensive insulin therapy" is associated with remission of high intracranial pressure in patients with vascular or infectious central nervous system diseases.

    • Tobias Birnbaum, Stephanie Pia Schmid, Berend Feddersen, Christoph Josef Schankin, and Andreas Straube.
    • Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Klinikum Großhadern, Marchioninistraße 15, Munich 81377, Germany. tobias.birnbaum@med.uni-muenchen.de
    • J Clin Neurosci. 2012 May 1;19(5):727-32.

    AbstractIntensive insulin therapy (IIT), targeting blood glucose between 80 mg/dL and 110 mg/dL ("strict IIT"), has been associated with rapid remission of high intracranial pressure (ICP), but its use is limited due to a high risk of hypoglycemia. The aim of this retrospective study was to assess whether "moderate IIT" (target range for blood glucose: 80-140 mg/dL) could have the same beneficial effect on ICP with a lower risk of hypoglycemia. We retrospectively analyzed the records of 64 patients with high ICP due to vascular or infectious central nervous system diseases. Patients treated with moderate IIT (n=32) after 2005 were compared with patients treated with a conventional approach (n=32, target <180 mg/dL) before 2005. We assessed daily ICP during the first 14 days. Secondary endpoints were the rate of hypoglycemic events and outcome. ICP was significantly lower during the second week in patients treated with moderate IIT (mean±standard deviation [SD] daily ICP on days 8-14: 16±5 mmHg compared to 12±4 mmHg, p<0.001). The risk of hypoglycemic events (<40 mg/dL) did not differ significantly between the groups (0 vs. 1 patient, p=0.5). Moderate IIT is associated with remission of high ICP. In contrast to strict IIT, its use seems not to be limited by an increased risk of severe hypoglycemia.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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