Does retina accumulate more glucose than does the embryologically similar cerebral cortex in diabetic rats?
Even among tissues that do not require insulin for glucose uptake, tissue glucose concentration varies in diabetes. The greater increase in glucose concentration in retina than in cerebrum in diabetes probably contributes to the tissue differences in biochemical and histopathologic sequelae of the disease. The expression of GLUT-1 in the microvasculature is unlikely to account for the differences in tissue glucose between retina and cerebrum.
Use of APRV in patients with pulmonary contusion is associated with a reduced risk for VAP.