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## Objectives To investigate the incidence of accidental hypothermia (AH) in a nationwide registry and the associated outcomes. ## Design Nationwide retrospective cohort study ## Participants and settings All patients at least 18 years old, admitted to hospitals in Denmark with a diagnosis of AH, with an International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition code of T689, from January 1996 to November 2016. Other recorded diagnoses were included in the analyses. ## Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was 1-year mortality. ## Results During the inclusion period, 5242 patients were admitted with a diagnosis of AH, corresponding to a mean annual incidence of 4.4±1.2 (range by calendar year: 2.9–6.4) per 100 000 inhabitants. A total of 2230 (43%) had AH recorded as the primary diagnosis without any recorded secondary diagnoses (primary AH), 1336 (25%) had AH recorded as the primary diagnosis with other recorded secondary diagnoses (AH+2° diagnosis), and 1676 (32%) had AH recorded as a secondary diagnosis with another recorded primary diagnosis (1° diagnosis+AH). Alcohol intoxication was the most common diagnosis associated with AH. Overall 1-year mortality was 27

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Author

Wiberg, Sebastian (author);Mortensen, Asmus Friborg (author);Kjaergaard, Jesper (author);Hassager, Christian (author);Wanscher, Michael (author)

Publisher

BMJ

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)