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Table 2 Rewarming information in patients with hypothermia

From: Hyperoxia for accidental hypothermia and increased mortality: a post-hoc analysis of a multicenter prospective observational study

Variables

Hyperoxia

No hyperoxia

Standardized difference

Rewarming with device, n (%)

 Intravascular catheter

26

(9.0%)

33

(11.2%)

0.075

 Hemodialysis

9

(3.1%)

11

(3.8%)

0.035

Time from arrival to 33 °C, h, median (IQR)

3.7

(2.0–5.0)

3.3

(2.3–4.8)

0.008

Time from 33 to 36 °C, h, median (IQR)

3.6

(3.0–6.0)

3.0

(2.0–6.0)

0.070

Laboratory data after rewarming, median (IQR)

 Lactate, mmol/L

1.5

(1.1–2.8)

1.4

(0.8–2.9)

0.036

 Base excess, mmHg

 − 2.8

(− 6.4–0.0)

 − 2.1

(− 8.4–1.2)

0.077

Oxygenation after rewarming, median (IQR)

 PaO2, mmHg

107

(80–120)

91

(71–117)

0.087

 FiO2

0.2

(0.2–0.3)

0.3

(0.2–0.4)

0.000

SOFA score on admission, median (IQR)

6

(4–9)

7

(4–10)

0.061

Mortality on day of admission, n (%)

15

(5.2%)

17

(5.8%)

0.027

Mortality during rewarming, n (%)

22

(7.6%)

19

(6.5%)

0.044

  1. IQR Interquartile range, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment. Patient backgrounds were adjusted with IPW