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7103159

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-9-10
pubmed:abstractText
All adult patients (102 cases) presenting to Bellevue Hospital Medical Center over a calendar year (1978) with core temperatures less than 35 C were studied. Statistically significant correlations between hypothermia and mortality were identified according to mental status, hypoxia, hypotension, hyperamylasemia, duration and severity of hypothermia, and history of exposure and alcohol ingestion. Mortality could not be predicted on the basis of season, age (if greater than 40 years old), sex, presence of infection, or presenting temperature (if greater than 26 C). Thyroid and adrenal function were not significantly altered. Of only nine diabetic patients, four died in ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar states. There were no cases of meningitis, and the incidence of "occult" bacteremia was less than 1%. Prolonged hypothermia was uniformly associated with profound underlying medical disease. In patients presenting with temperatures less than 26 C, 50% of deaths resulted from temperature-induced ventricular arrhythmias. Alcoholics hypothermic from exposure had excellent prognoses; however, temperatures less than 26 C were associated with a marked and statistically significant incidence of death.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0196-0644
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
417-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Hypothermia: the Bellevue Experience.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article