Clinical relevance of impaired consciousness in accidental hypothermia: a Japanese multicenter retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study aimed to investigate the association between level of impaired consciousness and severe hypothermia (<28°C) and to evaluate the association between level of impaired consciousness and inhospital mortality among accidental hypothermia patients.

Methods

This was a multicenter retrospective study using the J-Point registry database, which includes data regarding patients whose core body temperature was 35.0°C or less and who were treated as accidental hypothermia in emergency departments between April 1, 2011 and March 31, 2016. We estimated adjusted odds ratios of the level of impaired consciousness for severe hypothermia less than 28°C and inhospital mortality using a logistic regression model.

Results

The study included 505 of 572 patients in the J-Poin

SUBMITTER: Fukuda M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8836211 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature