[Critical comments on reports of fatalities in hereditary fructose intolerance in adulthood from the viewpoint of neuroanesthesia]. / Kritische Bemerkungen zu Berichten über Todesfälle durch hereditäre Fructoseintoleranz im Erwachsenenalter aus der Sicht der Neuroanästhesie.

In view of repeated communications in recent years reporting on lethal infusions of fructose or sorbitol in adults with hereditary fructose intolerance, the known statements on the incidence of 1:20,000 are critically analysed. The validity is relativated. The special indication for sorbitol as an osmotherapeutic preparation for lowering intracranial pressure is pointed out. A modified intravenous fructose tolerance test is suggested.