Table 2.
Characteristics of hypothermic and nonhypothermic patients
| Nonhypothermic (88; 47.3%) |
Hypothermic (98; 52.7%) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 58.5 ± 15.3 | 57.1 ± 17.6 | 0.566* |
| SAPS III | 72.1 ± 17.5 | 73.6.4 ± 19.7 | 0.590* |
| Male sex | 58 (65.9) | 54 (55.1) | 0.176† |
| BMI | |||
| Underweight | 2 (2.3) | 1 (1.0) | |
| Normal weight | 28 (31.8) | 31 (32.0) | |
| Overweight | 28 (31.8) | 30 (30.9) | |
| Obese | 30 (34.1) | 35 (36.1) | 0.918† |
| Reason for ICU admission | |||
| ARF | 21 (23.9) | 22 (22.4) | |
| Shock | 36 (40.9) | 65 (66.3) | <0.001† |
| Other | 31 (35.2) | 11 (11.2) | |
| Comorbidity | |||
| Cirrhosis | 10 (11.4) | 7 (7.1) | 0.458† |
| Hypothyroidism | 5 (5.7) | 2 (2) | 0.359† |
| Adrenal insufficiency | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1) | 0.939† |
| Type of patient | |||
| Clinical | 56 (63.6) | 67 (69.1) | 0.434† |
| Surgical | 32 (36.4) | 30 (30.9) | |
| Sepsis | |||
| No | 34 (38.6) | 22 (22.4) | |
| Sepsis | 10 (11.4) | 6 (6.1) | |
| Septic shock | 44 (50) | 70 (71.4) | 0.011†‡ |
| Ventilation | |||
| Spontaneous | 20 (22.7) | 13 (13.3) | |
| Invasive | 61 (69.3) | 84 (85.7) | 0.027†‡ |
| Noninvasive | 7 (7.9) | 1 (1) | |
| Vasopressor | |||
| No | 26 (29.5) | 13 (13.3) | |
| Low | 28 (31.8) | 30 (30.6) | 0.029†‡ |
| Moderate | 17 (19.3) | 30 (30.6) | |
| High | 17 (19.3) | 25 (25.5) | |
| Mortality | 35 (39.8) | 57 (58.2) | 0.018†‡ |
SAPS III - Simplified Acute Physiology Score III; BMI - body mass index; ICU - intensive care unit; ARF - acute respiratory failure.
*
Values expressed as the mean ± standard deviation compared by Student's t-test †values expressed as n (%) compared by Pearson's chi-square test; ‡p <0.05.