Using Non-contact Infrared Thermometry to Detection of Central Venous Catheter Related Infection.
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
- Enrollment
- 39
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Body temperature measured with a non-contact infrared thermometer.
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This is a pilot study which aims to show the temperatures measured on body surface with an infrared thermometer on inpatients who need a central venous catheter (CVC) for medical care. Because the local temperature could be altered, at least during local infectious processes, seems to be reasonable to think that this approach could be helpful to its early diagnosis.
Detailed Description
By convenience sampling, it was expected that during 4 months, a minimum of 30 inpatients of the metabolic, clinical or intensive care wards, at the Clinical Hospital of Ribeirão Preto Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil, would have their data collected
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Time Perspective
- Prospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Need of a central venous catheter for medical care.
- •Be an inpatient of the metabolic, clinical or intensive care wards
Exclusion Criteria
- •Be in treatment course of a catheter related infection.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Body temperature measured with a non-contact infrared thermometer.
Time Frame: 15 minutes after bath, mobilization or warm or cold compresses
It was used a non-contact forehead infrared thermometer, model IR200® (Extech, USA). Fifteen minutes after bath, mobilization or warm or cold compresses, 3 measurements were obtained at the following sites: 1) close to CVC insertion, 2) at the equivalent contralateral site of CVC and 3) at the forehead. The variables values will be displayed in form of descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, standard error, proportions of the observations, confidence intervals) according to: sex, central venous catheter type (guide wire or port-a-cath), location of insertion, reason of the central venous catheter indication (like parenteral nutrition or antibiotics), number of catheter lumens and age. Also, the mean differences between the three locations measured will be presented.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Julio Sergio Marchini
Full Professor of Internal Medicine Department at Ribeirão Preto Medical School
University of Sao Paulo