75. King Abdulla Medical City – Makkah (KAMC) echocardiography service experience & challenges during hajj season (pilgrimage)
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Cytokine changes in patients with heatstroke during pilgrimage to Makkah
Circulating levels and role of IL-6, IL-1ra, TNFsr-II and CRP in patients with heatstroke is not fully known. This study correlated levels of these mediators with outcome in 26 patients. In survivors (n=20), IL-6 concentration declined on cooling, whereas in non-survivors levels continued to increase at 6 h following admission before declining. Admission TNFsr-II concentrations in survivors wer...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1016-7315
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsha.2016.04.076