Effects of prehospital hypothermia on transfusion requirements and outcomes: a retrospective observatory trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Prehospital hypothermia is defined as a core temperature <36.0 °C and has been shown to be an independent risk factor for early death in patients with trauma. In a retrospective study, a possible correlation between the body temperature at the time of admission to the emergency room and subsequent in-hospital transfusion requirements and the in-hospital mortality rate was explored.

Setting

This is a retrospective single-centre study at a primary care hospital in Germany.

Participants

15,895 patients were included in this study. Patients were classified by admission temperature and transfusion rate. Excluded were ambulant patients and patients with missing data.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome values were length of stay (LOS

SUBMITTER: Klauke N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4823393 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature