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Core temperature was mainly measured by rectal or axillary thermometry. Fever and hypothermia were defined as core temperatures of greater than 38.0 \u00b0C and less than 36.0 \u00b0C, respectively. Prolonged mechanical ventilation, prolonged PICU stay, and PICU mortality were the adverse patient outcomes studied. Associations between patient outcomes and core temperature disorders were evaluated with univariate comparisons and multivariate analyses.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Of 545 patients enrolled, fever occurred in 299 (54.9%) and hypothermia occurred in 161 (29.5%). Both temperature disorders were independently associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation and prolonged PICU stay (P &lt; .001) but not with PICU mortality. Late onset of fever (P &lt; .001) and hypothermia (P = .009) were independently associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation, fever magnitude and duration (both P &lt; .001) were independently associated with prolonged PICU stay, and fever magnitude (P &lt; .001) and infectious cause of hypothermia (P= .01) were independently associated with higher PICU mortality.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n These findings provide evidence that the manifestation and characteristics of fever and hypothermia are independent predictors of adverse outcomes in PICU patients.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4037\/ajcc2023567","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,1]],"date-time":"2023-09-01T02:07:40Z","timestamp":1693534060000},"page":"338-345","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Associations Between Core Temperature Disorders and Outcomes of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patients"],"prefix":"10.4037","volume":"32","author":[{"given":"Panagiotis","family":"Kiekkas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Panagiotis Kiekkas is a professor in the Nursing Department, University of Patras, Greece."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Grigorios","family":"Kourtis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Grigorios Kourtis is a grade B registered nurse in the pediatric intensive care unit, General University Hospital of Patras."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Paraskevi","family":"Feizidou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Paraskevi Feizidou is the head registered nurse in the pediatric intensive care unit, General Children\u2019s Hospital P. & A. 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