Vol. 23 (2) 2002 Neuro endocrinology letters

Myocardial injury in scorpion envenomed children: significance of assessment of serum troponin I and interleukin-8.

OBJECTIVES: (1) To investigate the significance of assessment of serum levels of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) beside other biomarkers of myocardial injury in scorpion envenomed children. (2) To find the correlation between these biochemical indices with clinical status, prognosis and outcome of these cases.