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We present two Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients, who experienced heatstroke. Both patients manifested central nervous system dysfunction with elevated core temperature. Despite adequate lowering of the body temperature, multiorgan-dysfunction syndrome including encephalopathy, rhabdomyolysis, acute renal failure, acute respiratory failure, and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy was noted in one patient, leading to permanent neurologic damage. Because the ensuing multiorgan dysfunction could determine the functional prognosis in heatstroke patients, it is important to provide information about the prevention of heatstroke to patients, who are isolated or are severely disabled in the advanced stages of PD.
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This work was partly supported by Grants-in-Aid from the Research Committee of CNS Degenerative Disease, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan.
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Yamashita, S., Uchida, Y., Kojima, S. et al. Heatstroke in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Neurol Sci 33, 685–687 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-011-0842-7
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