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Table 3 Temperature control practices in selected patient diagnostic subgroups

From: Diagnosis and management of temperature abnormality in ICUs: a EUROBACT investigators' survey

Item

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Most of the time

Always

*Median (IQR)

Acute neurological injury (brain or spinal cord)

1 (1%)

3 (2%)

7 (5%)

28 (20%)

100 (72%)

5 (4 to 5)

Septic shock

4 (3%)

8 (6%)

29 (21%)

45 (32%)

53 (38%)

4 (3 to 5)

Severe sepsis without shock

6 (4%)

13 (9%)

28 (20%)

50 (36%)

42 (30%)

4 (3 to 5)

Infection without sepsis

9 (6%)

21 (15%)

32 (23%)

42 (30%)

35 (25%)

4 (3 to 5)

Acute liver failure

9 (6%)

24 (17%)

38 (27%)

38 (27%)

30 (22%)

3 (3 to 4)

Chronic liver failure

11 (8%)

30 (22%)

47 (34%)

31 (22%)

20 (14%)

3 (2 to 4)

Acute coronary syndrome

9 (6%)

12 (9%)

38 (27%)

49 (35%)

31 (22%)

4 (3 to 4)

  1. *Median score (Interquartile range, IQR) of response with 1 = Never, 2 = Rarely, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Most of the time, and 5 = Always