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DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-816270
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Lipofundin®-Induced Intracranial Pressure Rise after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury - A Case Report
Anstieg des intrakraniellen Drucks nach schwerem Schädelhirntrauma ausgelöst durch Lipofundin® - Ein FallberichtPublication History
Publication Date:
30 April 2004 (online)
Abstract
Early nutrition is a recognized component of neurosurgical intensive care treatment. The authors present the case of a patient suffering from severe traumatic brain injury who responded with reproducible intracranial pressure (ICP) crisis to infusion of Lipofundin®, a fatty soybean oil-based emulsion for parenteral nutrition. During the described ICP rise, the patient remained hemodynamically stable, therefore an anaphylactic reaction seems to be unlikely. An increase of brain tissue oxygenation parallel to the ICP rise in this case is suggestive for increased cerebral blood flow as a cause of ICP elevation after application of Lipofundin®. Without multimodal monitoring and data storage, the described side effect of Lipofundin® in our patient would have been difficult to identify.
Zusammenfassung
Der frühe Beginn der künstlichen Ernährung nach Schädelhirntrauma ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil der neurochirurgischen Intensivtherapie. Wir stellen den Fall einer Patientin mit Schädelhirntrauma vor, die mit reproduzierbaren Krisen des intrakraniellen Druckes (ICP) auf die Gabe von Lipofundin®, einem fetthaltigen Sojabohnen-Öl-Gemisch zur parenteralen Ernährung, reagierte. Während der ICP-Anstiege war die Patientin kreislaufstabil, so dass eine anaphylaktische Reaktion unwahrscheinlich erscheint. Ein gleichzeitiger Anstieg der Werte der Hirngewebeoxymetrie lässt eine Erhöhung des zerebralen Blutflusses als wahrscheinliche Ursache des ICP-Anstieges nach Lipofundin®-Gabe vermuten. Ohne multimodales Neuromonitoring mit Datenaufzeichung wäre die beschriebene Nebenwirkung von Lipofundin® nur schwer zu erkennen gewesen.
Key words
Traumatic brain injury - parenteral nutrition - lipid emulsion - multimodal monitoring
Schlüsselwörter
Schädelhirntrauma - parenterale Ernährung - Lipid-Emulsion - multimodales Monitoring
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