Comparison of Rectal, Axillary, Tympanic, and Temporal Artery Thermometry in the Pediatric Emergency Room
Comparison of Rectal, Axillary, Tympanic, and Temporal Artery Thermometry in the Pediatric Emergency Room
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DOI：
10.1097/pec.0b013e31827b5427
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Goyal, Sudhanshu
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作者：
Batra, Prerna;Goyal, Sudhanshu
背景：急诊室温度的准确测量对于诊断和调查患者非常重要。各种非侵入性的方法测温是今天，但没有共识，最准确的方法thermometry.Study Objective：本研究进行比较不同的方法，温度测量可在急诊室，即直肠，腋窝，颞动脉和鼓膜设计：这是一个横断面观察研究患者：纳入了50名发热和50名无发热儿童，年龄为2至12岁，在三级医院的儿科急诊室就诊。使用直肠、腋窝、鼓膜结果：所有温度与直肠温度均呈良好的相关性，其中颞动脉温度的相关性最好（相关系数，发热组为0.99，无发热组为0.91）。在忙碌的急诊室环境中，颞动脉测温有可能取代直肠测温。
Background: Accurate measurement of temperature in the emergency room is important for diagnosis as well as investigating a patient. Various noninvasive methods thermometry are available today, but there is no consensus on the most accurate method of thermometry.Study Objective: The present study was conducted to compare different methods of temperature measurement available in the emergency room, that is, rectal, axillary, and temporal artery and tympanic membrane.Design: This was a cross-sectional observational studyPatients: Fifty febrile and 50 afebrile children aged 2 to 12 years attending the pediatric emergency room of a tertiary care hospital were included. Temperatures were measured using rectal, axillary, tympanic (right and left), and temporal artery thermometers and were compared.Results: All the temperatures correlated well with rectal temperature, with temporal artery temperature showing the best correlation (correlation coefficients, 0.99 in the febrile and 0.91 in the afebrile group).Conclusions: Temporal artery thermometry has the potential to replace rectal thermometry in a busy emergency room setting.