Open AccessCare at critical care medical centers is associated with improved outcomes in patients with accidental hypothermia: a historical cohort study from the J‐Point registry
Author(s) -
Fujimoto Yoshihiro,
Matsuyama Tasuku,
Morita Sachiko,
Ehara Naoki,
Miyamae Nobuhiro,
Okada Yohei,
Jo Takaaki,
Sumida Yasuyuki,
Okada Nobunaga,
Watanabe Makoto,
Nozawa Masahiro,
Tsuruoka Ayumu,
Okumura Yoshiki,
Kitamura Tetsuhisa,
Takegami Tetsuro
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acute medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2052-8817
DOI - 10.1002/ams2.578
Subject(s) - odds ratio , medicine , confidence interval , logistic regression , hypothermia , extracorporeal , blood pressure , retrospective cohort study , clinical endpoint , cohort study , cohort , emergency medicine , clinical trial
Care at a critical care medical center is associated with improved outcomes in patients with accidental hypothermia. In subgroup analyses, shock was associated with poor outcomes of accidental hypothermia. Optimizing the transport of patients with accidental hypothermia to a specialized center is likely to be beneficial.