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Clinical review: Ketones and brain injury

Overview of attention for article published in Critical Care, April 2011
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Title
Clinical review: Ketones and brain injury
Published in
Critical Care, April 2011
DOI 10.1186/cc10020
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Authors

Hayden White, Balasubramanian Venkatesh

Abstract

Although much feared by clinicians, the ability to produce ketones has allowed humans to withstand prolonged periods of starvation. At such times, ketones can supply up to 50% of basal energy requirements. More interesting, however, is the fact that ketones can provide as much as 70% of the brain's energy needs, more efficiently than glucose. Studies suggest that during times of acute brain injury, cerebral uptake of ketones increases significantly. Researchers have thus attempted to attenuate the effects of cerebral injury by administering ketones exogenously. Hypertonic saline is commonly utilized for management of intracranial hypertension following cerebral injury. A solution containing both hypertonic saline and ketones may prove ideal for managing the dual problems of refractory intracranial hypertension and low cerebral energy levels. The purpose of the present review is to explore the physiology of ketone body utilization by the brain in health and in a variety of neurological conditions, and to discuss the potential for ketone supplementation as a therapeutic option in traumatic brain injury.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 1%
Brazil 2 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 215 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 36 16%
Student > Master 34 15%
Researcher 30 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 25 11%
Student > Postgraduate 16 7%
Other 52 23%
Unknown 31 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 79 35%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 24 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 21 9%
Neuroscience 17 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 7%
Other 31 14%
Unknown 36 16%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 70. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 January 2024.
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#608,499
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Outputs from Critical Care
#405
of 6,554 outputs
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#2,080
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Outputs of similar age from Critical Care
#1
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