Selkirk GA, McLellan TM, Wright HE, Rhind SG. Mild endotoxemia, NFB translocation, and cytokine increase during exertional heat stress in trained and untrained individuals. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R611–R623, 2008. First published June 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00917.2007.—This study examined endotoxin-mediated cytokinemia during exertional heat stress (EHS). Subjects wer...

Introduction: Exertional heat stroke is a pathology well known to military doctors because it not uncommon for our soldiers regularly make intense efforts in difficult training or operational missions. Idiopathic etiology and genetics are by far the most described. We report first time case of exertional secondary amphetamine use environment here, let’s raise issue ethics Army. Case Presentatio...

PURPOSE Serious heat illness has received considerable recent attention due to catastrophic heat waves in the United States and Europe, the deaths of high-profile athletes, and military deployments. METHODS This study documents heat illness hospitalizations and deaths for the U.S. Army from 1980 through 2002. Hospitalization data were obtained from the Total Army Injury Health Outcomes Databa...

background exertional heat stroke (ehs) is still a main cause of death in sport. many of ehs complications could have been prevented if ehs had been recognized and treated early and properly. case presentation we report an unusual case of multiple organ failure caused by ehs due to intensive sportive activities in a hot environment with lack of primary care. a 35-year-old healthy sportive man w...