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

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the association between body temperature (BT) on hospital arrival and in-hospital mortality among paediatric trauma patients.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Japan Trauma Data Bank (JTDB, which is a nationwide, prospective, observational trauma registry with data from 235 hospitals).

Participants

Paediatric trauma patients <16 years old who were transferred directly from the scene of injury to the hospital and registered in the JTDB from January 2004 to December 2017 were included. We excluded patients >16 years old and those who developed cardiac arrest before or on hospital arrival.

Primary outcome

The association between BT on hospital arrival and in-hospital mortality. We conducted multivariate logistic regression a

SUBMITTER: Okada A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7654136 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature