Triage body temperature and its influence on patients with acute myocardial infarction

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BACKGROUND: Fever can occur after acute myocardial infarction (MI). The influence of body temperature (BT) after hospital arrival on patients with acute MI has rarely been investigated.

METHODS: Patients who were diagnosed with acute MI in the emergency department (ED) of a tertiary teaching hospital between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020 were enrolled. Based on the tympanic temperature obtained at the ED triage, patients were categorized into normothermic (35.5°C-37.5°C), hypothermic (< 35.5°C), or hyperthermic (> 37.5°C) groups. The primary outcome was in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA), while the secondary outcomes were adverse events. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.

RESULTS: There were 440 enrollees; significant differences were found among the normothermic (n = 369, 83.9%), hypothermic (n = 27, 6.1%), and hyperthermic (n = 44, 10.0%) groups in the triage respiratory rate (median [IQR]) (20.0 [4.0] cycles/min versus 20.0 [4.0] versus 20.0 [7.5], p = 0.009), triage heart rate (88.0 [29.0] beats/min versus 82.0 [28.0] versus 102.5 [30.5], p < 0.001), presence of ST-elevation MI (42.0% versus 66.7% versus 31.8%, p = 0.014), need for cardiac catheterization (87.3% versus 85.2% versus 72.7%, p = 0.034), initial troponin T level (165.9 [565.2] ng/L versus 49.1 [202.0] versus 318.8 [2002.0], p = 0.002), peak troponin T level (343.8 [1405.9] ng/L versus 218.7 [2318.2] versus 832.0 [2640.8], p = 0.003), length of ICU stay (2.0 [3.0] days versus 3.0 [8.0] versus 3.0 [9.5], p = 0.006), length of hospital stay (4.0 [4.5] days versus 6.0 [15.0] versus 10.5 [10.8], p < 0.001), and infection during hospitalization (19.8% versus 29.6% versus 63.6%, p < 0.001) but not in IHCA (7.6% versus 14.8% versus 11.4%, p = 0.323) or any adverse events (50.9% versus 48.1% versus 63.6%, p = 0.258). Multivariable analysis showed no significant association of triage BT with IHCA or any major complication.

CONCLUSION: Triage BT did not show a significant association with IHCA or adverse events in patients with acute MI. However, triage BT could be associated with different clinical presentations and should warrant further investigation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

BMC cardiovascular disorders - 23(2023), 1 vom: 04. Aug., Seite 388

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Shih-Hao [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Hung-Chieh [VerfasserIn]
Chiu, Po-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Ming-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Lin, I-Chen [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Chih-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Hsu, Chien-Te [VerfasserIn]
Ling, Chia-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Ying-Hsin [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Ya-Yun [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Chih-Hao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Body temperature
Emergency department
In-hospital cardiac arrest
Journal Article
Myocardial infarction
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Triage
Troponin T

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Date Completed 07.08.2023

Date Revised 23.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12872-023-03372-y

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NLM360419291