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ArticleAcute medicine & surgery

Clinical relevance of impaired consciousness in accidental hypothermia: a Japanese multicenter retrospective study.

Masahiro Fukuda, Masahiro Nozawa, Yohei Okada, Sachiko Morita, Naoki Ehara, Nobuhiro Miyamae, Takaaki Jo, Yasuyuki Sumida, Nobunaga Okada, Makoto Watanabe and 5 more

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Masahiro FukudaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Saiseikai Shiga Hospital Ritto Japan.
Masahiro NozawaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Saiseikai Shiga Hospital Ritto Japan.
Yohei OkadaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Japanese Red Cross Society Kyoto Daini Hospital Kyoto Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2266-476X
Sachiko MoritaSenri Critical Care Medical Center Saiseikai Senri Hospital Suita Japan.
Naoki EharaDepartment of Emergency Medicine Japanese Red Cross Society Kyoto Daiichi Red Cross Hospital Kyoto Japan.
Nobuhiro MiyamaeDepartment of Emergency Medicine Rakuwa-kai Otowa Hospital Kyoto Japan.
Takaaki JoDepartment of Emergency Medicine Uji-Tokushukai Medical Center Uji Japan.
Yasuyuki SumidaDepartment of Emergency Medicine North Medical Center Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kyoto Japan.
Nobunaga OkadaDepartment of Emergency Medicine Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kyoto Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3680-2083
Makoto WatanabeDepartment of Emergency Medicine Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kyoto Japan.
Ayumu TsuruokaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Kyoto Min-Iren Chuo Hospital Kyoto Japan.
Yoshihiro FujimotoDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yodogawa Christian Hospital Osaka Japan.
Yoshiki OkumuraDepartment of Emergency Medicine Fukuchiyama City Hospital Fukuchiyama Japan.
Tetsuhisa KitamuraDivision of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences Department of Social and Environmental Medicine Graduate School of Medicine Osaka University Osaka Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0107-0580
Tasuku MatsuyamaDepartment of Emergency Medicine Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kyoto Japan.

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Abstract

aimThis study aimed to investigate the association between level of impaired consciousness and severe hypothermia (<28°C) and to evaluate the association between level of impaired consciousness and inhospital mortality among accidental hypothermia patients.

methodsThis was a multicenter retrospective study using the J-Point registry database, which includes data regarding patients whose core body temperature was 35.0°C or less and who were treated as accidental hypothermia in emergency departments between April 1, 2011 and March 31, 2016. We estimated adjusted odds ratios of the level of impaired consciousness for severe hypothermia less than 28°C and inhospital mortality using a logistic regression model.

resultsThe study included 505 of 572 patients in the J-Point registry. Relative to mildly impaired consciousness (Glasgow Coma Scale [GCS] 13-15), the adjusted odds ratios for severe hypothermia less than 28°C were: moderate (GCS 9-12), 3.26 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.69-6.25); and severe (GCS < 9), 4.68 (95% CI, 2.40-9.14). Relative to mildly impaired consciousness (GCS 13-15), the adjusted odds ratios for inhospital mortality were: moderate (GCS9-12), 1.65 (95% CI, 0.95-2.88); and severe (GCS < 9), 2.10 (95% CI, 1.17-3.78).

conclusionThe level of impaired consciousness in patients with accidental hypothermia was associated with severe hypothermia and inhospital mortality.

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PMCPMC8836211

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