Significance of body temperature in elderly patients with sepsis

Significance of body temperature in elderly patients with sepsis

Abstract Background Elderly patients have a blunted host response, which may influence vital signs and clinical outcomes of sepsis. This study was aimed to investigate whether the associations between the vital signs and mortality are different in elderly and non-elderly patients with sepsis. Method...

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Main Authors: Takashi Shimazui, Taka-aki Nakada, Keith R. Walley, Taku Oshima, Toshikazu Abe, Hiroshi Ogura, Atsushi Shiraishi, Shigeki Kushimoto, Daizoh Saitoh, Seitaro Fujishima, Toshihiko Mayumi, Yasukazu Shiino, Takehiko Tarui, Toru Hifumi, Yasuhiro Otomo, Kohji Okamoto, Yutaka Umemura, Joji Kotani, Yuichiro Sakamoto, Junichi Sasaki, Shin-ichiro Shiraishi, Kiyotsugu Takuma, Ryosuke Tsuruta, Akiyoshi Hagiwara, Kazuma Yamakawa, Tomohiko Masuno, Naoshi Takeyama, Norio Yamashita, Hiroto Ikeda, Masashi Ueyama, Satoshi Fujimi, Satoshi Gando, on behalf of the JAAM FORECAST Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Critical Care
Subjects:
Septic shock
Elderly
Body temperature
Fever
Hypothermia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-020-02976-6

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