ArticleWorld journal of emergency medicine2024
Serum procalcitonin levels are associated with rhabdomyolysis following exertional heatstroke: an over 10-year intensive care survey.
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- Procalcitonin Elevation in Intoxication- and Immobilization-Related Non-Traumatic Rhabdomyolysis: Association with Muscle Injury Severity and Renal Dysfunction.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Specific immune landscape of heatstroke distinguished from sepsis and aseptic inflammation.International journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- [Disseminated intravascular coagulation caused by exertional heat stroke: a case report and literature review].Zhonghua xue ye xue za zhi = Zhonghua xueyexue zazhi · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundHeatstroke has become a common emergency event in hospitals. Procalcitonin (PCT) is used as a biomarker of infection in the emergency department (ED), but its role in rhabdomyolysis (RM) following exertional heatstroke (EHS) remains unclear.
methodsA retrospective cohort study enrolled patients with EHS from the intensive care unit (ICU). We collected RM biomarkers, inflammation markers, critical disease scores at admission, 24 h, 48 h, and discharge, and 90-day mortality. Correlation analysis, linear regression and curve fitting were used to identify the relationship between PCT and RM.
resultsA total of 162 patients were recruited and divided into RM (
conclusionHigh serum PCT concentrations are associated with RM after EHS in critically ill patients. Elevated PCT concentrations should be interpreted cautiously in patients with EHS in the ED.
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