Risk factors for hyperthermia mortality among emergency department patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study examines risk factors for heat-related mortality due to hyperthermia in emergency department patients, a vulnerable population.

Methods

This matched case-control study used statewide, longitudinally linked emergency department (ED) data and death records from California. Cases comprised California residents (≥18 years) who presented to a state-licensed ED and died of hyperthermia during the study period (2009-2012). For each case, up to five ED patients were randomly selected as live controls and matched on sex and age. Patients' demographic characteristics and history of ED utilization for alcohol use, drug use, psychiatric disorders, heart-related conditions, chronic respiratory disease, neurodegenerative disorders, and cerebrovascular disease were asses

SUBMITTER: Hall C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8906232 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature