A common misconception is that a high fever always indicates a serious illness. While fever is a symptom of many infections, ...

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This is the first pre-specified analysis of a large clinical trial to report the association of low body temperature and worse outcomes in patients hospitalized due to worsening HF. Among 4108 ...

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A total of 4133 patients were enrolled; they were mostly male (74%), white (85%), and had a mean age of 66 ± 12 years. The aetiology of HF was primarily ischaemic (65%), and the mean EF was 27 ± 8%.