[Study of carbohydrate tolerance without and with corticotherapy].

Using the glucose tolerance test by the intravenous route, from which the coefficients K (CONARD) of carbohydrate assimilation and (BERNIER) of fasting glycogenolysis, are deduced, the authors study the carbohydrate tolerance of neuro-surgical patients in acute and chronic phases, under corticosteroid therapy and without corticosteroid therapy. The role of corticosteroid therapy in the decrease in carbohydrate tolerance reported is discussed ; for comparative purposes, the authors present the study of carbohydrate assimilation in irreversible coma and in patients with advanced neuroplegia.