Is hypothermia simply a marker of shock and injury severity or an independent risk factor for mortality in trauma patients? Analysis of a large national trauma registry.

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Published in J Trauma on November 01, 2005

Authors

Shahid Shafi1, Alan C Elliott, Larry Gentilello

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Division of Burn, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas 75390-9158, USA. shahid.shafi@utsouthwestern.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Zero Heat Flux Temp Monitor on Discharge Hypothermia Among Trauma Patients (RUZIT Trial) (RUZIT) | NCT03313258

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