Association of triage hypothermia with in-hospital mortality among patients in the emergency department with suspected sepsis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To identify if triage hypothermia (<36.0 °C) among emergency department (ED) encounters with sepsis are independently associated with mortality.

Methods

We 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.

Results

Of 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 adju

SUBMITTER: Ramgopal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7872398 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature