Skin temperature variability is an independent predictor of survival in patients with cirrhosis.

Matteo BottaroNoor-Ul-Hoda AbidIlias El-AziziJoseph HallettAnita KorantengChiara FormentinSara MontagneseAlireza Mani

Published in: Physiological reports (2021)

Changes in the pattern of patients' temperature fluctuations, rather than their absolute values, hold key prognostic information, suggesting that impaired thermoregulation may play an important role in the pathophysiology of cirrhosis.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
wound healing
free survival
patient reported