Table 1.
Table 2.
Fig 1.
Patient selection flowchart.
Table 3.
Demographics, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of emergency care.
Fig 2.
Seasonal distribution of hypothermia cases and ambient temperatures (2020–2024). Bars indicate monthly case counts stratified by Swiss staging (I: 35–32 °C; II: 32–28 °C; III: 28–24 °C; IV: < 24 °C); line shows the monthly mean outdoor temperature for patients’ registered area. Sample size: n = 131. Meteorological source: monthly means from the local station (S4 Table).
Table 4.
Association between predictors and critical outcomes (ICU admission and ED mortality).
Fig 3.
ROC curves for predictors of the composite critical outcome (ICU admission or ED mortality).
Curves are shown for MSTR triage category, admission tympanic (*core‑proxy) temperature (°C), Swiss staging, Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) classification, and the combined triage+temperature model. AUC values showing overall discrimination (higher is better). Abbreviations: AUC, area under the ROC curve; MSTR, Hungarian Emergency Triage System; WMS, Wilderness Medical Society.