Hypothermia predicts mortality in critically ill elderly patients with sepsis

Hypothermia predicts mortality in critically ill elderly patients with sepsis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Advanced age is one of the factors that increase mortality in intensive care. Sepsis and multi-organ failure are likely to further increase mortality in elderly patients.</p> <p>We compared the characteristics and outcome...

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Main Authors: Carney Ian, Arora Subhash, Gangopadhyay Himangsu, Ong Kevin, Tiruvoipati Ravindranath, Botha John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-09-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/10/70

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