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Comment
. 2020 Oct 13;24(1):606.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03316-4.

Mortality in non-elderly septic patients was increased with hypothermia and decreased with fever while mortality in elderly patients was not associated with body temperature: beware of some confounders!

Patrick M Honore  1 , Leonel Barreto Gutierrez  2 , Luc Kugener  2 , Sebastien Redant  2 , Rachid Attou  2 , Andrea Gallerani  2 , David De Bels  2
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Mortality in non-elderly septic patients was increased with hypothermia and decreased with fever while mortality in elderly patients was not associated with body temperature: beware of some confounders!

Patrick M Honore et al. Crit Care. .
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  • Significance of body temperature in elderly patients with sepsis.
    Shimazui T, Nakada TA, Walley KR, Oshima T, Abe T, Ogura H, Shiraishi A, Kushimoto S, Saitoh D, Fujishima S, Mayumi T, Shiino Y, Tarui T, Hifumi T, Otomo Y, Okamoto K, Umemura Y, Kotani J, Sakamoto Y, Sasaki J, Shiraishi SI, Takuma K, Tsuruta R, Hagiwara A, Yamakawa K, Masuno T, Takeyama N, Yamashita N, Ikeda H, Ueyama M, Fujimi S, Gando S; JAAM FORECAST Group. Shimazui T, et al. Crit Care. 2020 Jun 30;24(1):387. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-02976-6. Crit Care. 2020. PMID: 32605659 Free PMC article.

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