Medical Tent Usage From Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2015-2017.

Background: As mass participation events continue to increase in popularity, the need for medical care continues to increase. Our objective was to evaluate the course medical tent usage throughout the Bank of America Chicago Marathon course. Our second objective was to evaluate emergency medical services (EMS) utilization during the event.

Expression of intracellular Th1 and Th2 cytokines in women with recurrent spontaneous abortion, implantation failures after IVF/ET or normal pregnancy.

Problem: We aimed to investigate absolute counts of intracellular T helper 1 (Th1) and Th2 cytokine expressing T-cell subpopulations in women with three or more recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA), multiple implantation failures after in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF/ET) (three or more) or during normal pregnancy.

Method Of Study: Absolute cell counts and percentages of CD3+, CD3+/CD4+, and CD3+/CD8+ T-cell populations expressing intracellular cytokines [interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-10] was studied by four-color flow cytometry in 15 RSA and 13 implantation failure patients. Eighteen fertile non-pregnant and 47 normal pregnant women were also compared with regard to intracellular cytokine expression.