The American journal of emergency medicine
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Some patients with sepsis are found with accompanying mild hypothermia (ACMH); however, the effects of ACMH on the patients with sepsis are poorly understood. ⋯ Accompanying mild hypothermia and ATMH could both reduce mortalities in mice with sepsis, and ACMH could reduce mortality even lower, and more alleviate systemic inflammatory responses and the damages in lung, kidney, and other organs were lighter.
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Assessment of acute asthma severity in the emergency department (ED) determines the appropriate initial therapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of heart and respiratory rates as determinants of severity of asthma exacerbations. ⋯ This pooled analysis suggests a poor performance of heart and respiratory rates as determinants of acute asthma severity in the ED.