Relationship Between Oral Temperature and Bacteremia in Hospitalized Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early recognition and treatment of bacteremia can be lifesaving. Fever is a well-known marker of bacteremia, but the predictive value of temperature has not been fully explored.

Objective

To describe temperature as a predictor of bacteremia and other infections.

Design

Retrospective review of electronic health record data.

Setting

A single healthcare system comprising 13 hospitals in the United States.

Patients

Adult medical patients admitted in 2017 or 2018 without malignancy or immunosuppression.

Main measures

Maximum temperature, bacteremia, influenza and skin and soft tissue (SSTI) infections based on blood cultures and ICD-10 coding.

Key results

Of 97,174 patients, 1,518 (1.6%) had bacteremia, 1,392 (1.4%) had influenza, and

SUBMITTER: Speaker SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10506973 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature