Prevalence of low-normal body temperatures and use of active warming in emergency department patients presenting with severe infection.

CONCLUSION: Among patients with community-acquired infection requiring ICU admission, about a quarter have a low temperature and active warming was essentially not applied. These findings suggest that active warming of such patients would likely achieve separation from usual care. PMID: 31142239 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Critical Care and Resuscitation - Category: Intensive Care Tags: Crit Care Resusc Source Type: research