Aust Crit Care
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Meta Analysis
Inadvertent hypothermia and mortality in critically ill adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Considering that inadvertent hypothermia (IH) is common in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients and can be followed by severe complications, this systematic review identified, appraised and synthesised the published literature about the association between IH and mortality in adults admitted to the ICU. ⋯ These findings indicate that IH predicts mortality in critically ill adults and pose suspicion that this may contribute to adverse patient outcome.