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(Stroke. 1972;3:157.)
© 1972 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Abnormal Hemispheric Blood Flow and Metabolism in Cerebrovascular Disease. II. Therapeutic Trials With 5% CO₂ Inhalation, Hyperventilation and Intravenous Infusion of THAM and Mannitol

JOHN STIRLING MEYER M.D.¹; YASUO FUKUUCHI M.D.¹; KUNIO SHIMAZU M.D.¹; TADAO OHUCHI M.D.¹; ARTHUR DALE ERICSSON M.D.¹

¹ Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, and the Baylor-Methodist Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Houston, Texas

The effects of inhalation of 5% CO₂ in air, active hyperventilation, and intravenous infusion of THAM and mannitol on hemispheric blood flow (HBF) and metabolism were investigated in the ischemic hemispheres of patients with acute and chronic cerebral ischemia and in one with brain tumor. Five percent CO₂ inhalation increased HBF and decreased hemispheric RQ (HRQ) in the ischemic hemisphere. Hyperventilation decreased HBF and increased hemispheric glucose consumption. THAM infusion had no effect on HBF and metabolism, and mannitol increased HBF but had no effect on metabolism in the ischemic hemispheres.

In the patient with brain tumor, 5% CO₂ inhalation caused an "intracerebral steal" probably as a result of increasing intracranial pressure and "squeezing" or displacing of blood from the hemisphere swollen by tumor into the normal hemisphere. Intravenous injection of mannitol increased the blood flow to the hemisphere containing the tumor by temporarily reducing intracranial pressure.

Key Words: CO₂ inhalation • THAM infusion • intracerebral squeeze • intracerebral steal

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