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| Title |
Risk factors for onset of hypothermia in trauma victims: The HypoTraum study
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| Published in |
Critical Care, July 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/cc11449 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Frédéric Lapostolle, Jean Luc Sebbah, James Couvreur, François Xavier Koch, Dominique Savary, Karim Tazarourte, Gerald Egman, Lynda Mzabi, Michel Galinski, Frédéric Adnet |
| Abstract |
ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: Hypothermia is common in trauma victims and is associated with an increase in mortality. Its causes are not well understood. Our objective was to identify the factors influencing the onset of hypothermia during pre-hospital care of trauma victims. METHODS: This was a multicenter, prospective, open, observational study in a pre-hospital setting.The subjects were trauma victims, over 18 years old, receiving care from emergency medical services (EMS) and transported to hospital in a medically staffed mobile unit.Study variables included: demographics and morphological traits, nature and circumstances of the accident, victim's presentation (trapped, seated or lying down, on the ground, unclothed, wet or covered by a blanket), environmental conditions (wind, rain, ground temperature and air temperature on site and in the mobile unit), clinical factors, Revised Trauma Score (RTS), tympanic temperature, care provided (including warming, drugs administered, infusion fluid temperature and volume), and EMS and hospital arrival times. RESULTS: A total of 448 patients were included. Hypothermia (<35°C) on hospital arrival was present in 64/448 patients (14%). Significant factors associated with the absence of hypothermia in a multivariate analysis were no intubation: Odds Ratio: 4.23 (95% confidence interval 1.62 to 1.02); RTS: 1.68 (1.29 to 2.20); mobile unit temperature: 1.20 (1.04 to 1.38); infusion fluid temperature: 1.17 (1.05 to 1.30); patient not unclothed: 0.40 (0.18 to 0.90); and no head injury: 0.36 (0.16 to 0.83). CONCLUSIONS: The key risk factor for the onset of hypothermia was the severity of injury but environmental conditions and the medical care provided by EMS were also significant factors. Changes in practice could help reduce the impact of factors such as infusion fluid temperature and mobile unit temperature. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 3 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 22% |
| Australia | 1 | 11% |
| South Africa | 1 | 11% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 1 | 11% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 44% |
| Members of the public | 3 | 33% |
| Scientists | 2 | 22% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 86 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Czechia | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 78 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 12 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 13% |
| Researcher | 10 | 12% |
| Other | 8 | 9% |
| Professor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 20 | 23% |
| Unknown | 20 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 45 | 52% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 9% |
| Engineering | 5 | 6% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 1% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 19 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 November 2018.
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#5,328,985
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Outputs from Critical Care
#3,442
of 6,554 outputs
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#36,066
of 178,868 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Critical Care
#23
of 108 outputs
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