ArticleJournal of critical care2020
Association of triage hypothermia with in-hospital mortality among patients in the emergency department with suspected sepsis.
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- The Clinical and Economic Value of Incorporating Monocyte Distribution Width Testing in the Detection of Occult Sepsis.Journal of health economics and outcomes research · 2026Article
- Triage Temperature and Timeliness of Sepsis Interventions in a Pediatric Emergency Department.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
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- Triage body temperature predicts outcome in cats at emergency department admission: a retrospective study of 1440 cases (January 2018 to December 2021).Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Association between body temperature and all-cause mortality in patients with sepsis: analysis of the MIMIC-IV database.European journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Modern CRRT systems are associated with lower risk of hypothermia.Scientific reports · 2024Observational
- Hypothermic sepsis in time since death estimation - a case report.International journal of legal medicine · 2024Article
- Triage body temperature and its influence on patients with acute myocardial infarction.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2023Article
- Prevalence of hypothermia and its associated clinical and biological features (such as thrombocytopenia) in emergency department patients: a case series.Internal and emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Blood culture utilization practices among febrile and/or hypothermic inpatients.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Electroacupuncture at ST36 (Journal of inflammation research · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo identify if triage hypothermia (<36.0 °C) among emergency department (ED) encounters with sepsis are independently associated with mortality.
methodsWe analyzed data from a multi-stage probability sample survey of visits to United States EDs between 2007 and 2015, using two inclusion approaches: an explicit definition based on diagnosis codes for sepsis and a severe sepsis definition, combining evidence of infection with organ dysfunction. We used multivariable regression to determine an association between hypothermia and in-hospital mortality.
resultsOf 1.2 billion ED encounters (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.0-1.3 billion), 3.1 million (95% CI 2.7-3.5 million) met the explicit sepsis definition; 7.4% (95% CI 75.2-9.7%) had triage hypothermia. The adjusted odds ratio (aOR) for hypothermia for in-hospital mortality was 6.82 (95% CI 3.08-15.22). The severe sepsis definition identified 3.5 million (95% 3.1-4.0 million) encounters; 30.3% (95% CI 25.0-34.6%) had triage hypothermia. The aOR for hypothermia with mortality was 4.08 (95% CI 2.09-7.95). Depending on sepsis definition, 78.1-84.4% had other systemic inflammatory response syndrome vital sign abnormalities.
conclusionUp to one in three patients with sepsis have triage hypothermia, which is independently associated with mortality. 10-20% of patients with hypothermic sepsis do not have other vital sign abnormalities.
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