Background: Since heatstroke-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) can progress to chronic kidney disease, it would be useful to detect heatstroke-induced AKI and severe heat-related illness in the early phase. We studied the epidemiology of heat-related illness among patients in the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force and evaluated the relationship between heat-related illness severity and early urinary biomarkers for AKI.
Methods: We enrolled patients who were diagnosed with heat-related illness at the Self-Defense Force Fuji Hospital from 1 May to 30 September 2020.
The correct name of the corresponding author should be ''Nobuhiko Fukuba'', and not ''Nobuhiko Fukuban'' as given in the original publication of the article.
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