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Although there is a consensus that a high lactate level in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) after head injury is a grave prognostic sign, it is still debated whether the lactate is detrimental to the brain, or if CSF-lactic acidosis is only reflecting a derangement of rain metabolism.
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Rabow, L. et al. (1986). Causal Factors in the Development of Brain Lactic Acidosis: Relationship Between Intracranial Pressure, CSF Lactate, and CSF-CKBB After Severe Head Injury. In: Miller, J.D., Teasdale, G.M., Rowan, J.O., Galbraith, S.L., Mendelow, A.D. (eds) Intracranial Pressure VI. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70971-5_5
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