Login / Signup

Association of body temperature with in-hospital mortality among paediatric trauma patients: an analysis of a nationwide observational trauma database in Japan.

Asami OkadaYohei OkadaHiromichi NarumiyaWataru IshiiTetsuhisa KitamuraToshio OsamuraRyoji Iiduka
Published in: BMJ open (2020)
In paediatric patients with hypothermia (BT <36.0°C) on hospital arrival, a clear association with in-hospital mortality was observed; no such association was observed between higher BT values (≥37.0°C) and outcomes.
Keyphrases
  • trauma patients
  • emergency department
  • intensive care unit
  • healthcare
  • cardiac arrest
  • type diabetes
  • adipose tissue
  • brain injury
  • insulin resistance
  • acute care