Body temperature as a dynamic host-response biomarker in sepsis: trajectories and time-varying mortality risk
Baoyan Wang, Peijuan Xu, Jialin Qi, Qian Ni, Dan Han, Tong Qiao · 2026
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Baoyan Wang and co-authors tracked body temperature hour by hour in sepsis patients to see whether its path, not just its level, predicts who will die. Their 2026 study built groups from a large United States intensive care database, with 8,681 patients, and checked the pattern in 13,717 more patients from other sources.
Five clear temperature paths emerged. One group, with a slow rise into moderate fever, faced the highest death risk throughout the stay. Risk formed a U shape against temperature, sitting lowest near the top of the normal range and rising for both cold and hot readings. The danger tied to a given temperature also changed over time, peaking near day four. Models that used the full temperature path sorted patients better than models using single readings. The authors propose routine temperature tracking as a cheap, ready tool for updating risk during a sepsis stay.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Baoyan Wang, Peijuan Xu, Jialin Qi, Qian Ni, Dan Han, Tong Qiao |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42137 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |