Measuring blood glucose before or after lumbar puncture.
Blood glucose
CSF glucose
Cerebrospinal fluid glucose
Lumbar puncture
Journal
PeerJ
ISSN: 2167-8359
Titre abrégé: PeerJ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101603425
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
07
03
2023
accepted:
21
05
2023
medline:
11
7
2023
pubmed:
10
7
2023
entrez:
10
7
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The ratio of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to peripheral blood glucose at the same period is an important index for diagnosing and monitoring the efficacy of central nervous system infection, especially bacterial meningitis. Some guidelines refer that blood glucose measurement should be carried out before lumbar puncture. The main reason is to avoid possible effect of stress response induced by lumbar puncture on the level of blood glucose. However, there is no consensus on whether it should be followed in actual clinical work, since up to now no research work having been published on whether lumbar puncture will induce the changes on blood glucose. Our study aimed to investigate the changes of peripheral blood glucose before and after lumbar puncture. In order to clarify the influence of timing of peripheral blood glucose measurement at the same period of lumbar puncture, a prospective study was conducted including children with an age range from 2 months to 12 years old in the neurology department of a medical center. For those children who need lumbar puncture due to their illness, their blood glucose was measured within 5 min before and after lumbar puncture, respectively. The blood glucose level and the ratio of CSF to blood glucose before and after lumbar puncture were compared. Meanwhile, the patients were divided into different groups according to the factors of sex, age and sedation or not for further comparison. All statistical analyses of the data were performed using SPSS version 26.0 for Windows. In total, 101 children who needed lumbar puncture during hospitalization from January 1, 2021, to October 1, 2021, were recruited with 65 male and 36 female respectively. There was no significant difference on the level of blood glucose, CSF to blood glucose ratio before and after lumbar puncture among the children ( It is unnecessary to emphasize blood glucose measurement should be carried out before lumbar puncture, especially for pediatric patients. From the perspective of facilitating smoother cerebrospinal fluid puncture in children, blood glucose measurement after lumbar puncture might be a better choice.
Sections du résumé
Background
The ratio of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to peripheral blood glucose at the same period is an important index for diagnosing and monitoring the efficacy of central nervous system infection, especially bacterial meningitis. Some guidelines refer that blood glucose measurement should be carried out before lumbar puncture. The main reason is to avoid possible effect of stress response induced by lumbar puncture on the level of blood glucose. However, there is no consensus on whether it should be followed in actual clinical work, since up to now no research work having been published on whether lumbar puncture will induce the changes on blood glucose. Our study aimed to investigate the changes of peripheral blood glucose before and after lumbar puncture.
Methods
In order to clarify the influence of timing of peripheral blood glucose measurement at the same period of lumbar puncture, a prospective study was conducted including children with an age range from 2 months to 12 years old in the neurology department of a medical center. For those children who need lumbar puncture due to their illness, their blood glucose was measured within 5 min before and after lumbar puncture, respectively. The blood glucose level and the ratio of CSF to blood glucose before and after lumbar puncture were compared. Meanwhile, the patients were divided into different groups according to the factors of sex, age and sedation or not for further comparison. All statistical analyses of the data were performed using SPSS version 26.0 for Windows.
Results
In total, 101 children who needed lumbar puncture during hospitalization from January 1, 2021, to October 1, 2021, were recruited with 65 male and 36 female respectively. There was no significant difference on the level of blood glucose, CSF to blood glucose ratio before and after lumbar puncture among the children (
Conclusion
It is unnecessary to emphasize blood glucose measurement should be carried out before lumbar puncture, especially for pediatric patients. From the perspective of facilitating smoother cerebrospinal fluid puncture in children, blood glucose measurement after lumbar puncture might be a better choice.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37426413
doi: 10.7717/peerj.15544
pii: 15544
pmc: PMC10324597
doi:
Substances chimiques
Blood Glucose
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e15544Informations de copyright
©2023 Shi et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare there are no competing interests.
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