Open AccessHospitalized acute patients with fever and severe infection have lower mortality than patients with hypo- or normothermia: a follow-up study
Author(s) -
Daniel Pilsgaard Henriksen,
Ulrik Havshøj,
Peter Bank Pedersen,
Christian B. Laursen,
Helene Kildegaard,
Mikkel Brabrand,
Annmarie Touborg Lassen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
qjm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1460-2725
pISSN - 1460-2393
DOI - 10.1093/qjmed/hcw022
Subject(s) - medicine , hypothermia , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , retrospective cohort study , mortality rate , confidence interval
Severe infection is a frequent cause of admission to an acute medical unit (AMU). However, not all infected patients present with fever. The aim was to assess differences in 30-day mortality among patients hospitalized with community-acquired severe infection presenting with hypothermia, normothermia or fever.