%0 Journal Article
%T Influence of two anesthetic techniques on blood sugar level in head injury patients: A comparative study
%A Amit Tyagi
%A Deepak Malviya
%A Manoj Kumar
%A Manoj Tripathi
%A P. S. Malviya
%A Virendra Kumar
%J Archive of "Anesthesia, Essays and Researches".
%D 2016
%R 10.4103/0259-1162.172335
%X Head injury presents a major worldwide social, economic, and health problem. Hyperglycemia is a significant indicator of the severity of injury and predictor of outcome, which can easily be prevented. There has been a long-standing controversy regarding the use of inhalational or intravenous (i.v.) anesthetic agents for surgery of head injury cases and impact of these agents on blood sugar level
%K Head injury
%K hyperglycemia
%K propofol
%K sevoflurane
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4864676/