Diagnostic Accuracy of Body Temperature Measurement in Geriatric Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 427
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Diagnostic accuracy of rectal, tympanal and temporal artery thermometry to diagnose infection
研究概览
简要总结
Retrospective analysis of a quality measurement project examining the quality of vital parameter measurement in consecutive patients >= 75 years presenting to the emergency department.
Primary goal of the study is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of body temperature measurement using different methods to diagnose infection in patients >= 75 years presenting to the emergency department. The secondary goal is to compare the reliability of tympanal and temporal artery thermometry with rectal temperature measurement.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Retrospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 75 Years 至 —（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •>= 75 years
- •given informed consent
排除标准
- •patients who do not speak the German language
- •patients with unstable cardiorespiratory status
- •presence of contraindications to one of the temperature measurement methods
结局指标
主要结局
Diagnostic accuracy of rectal, tympanal and temporal artery thermometry to diagnose infection
时间窗: June 2012
The primary outcome measure is the diagnostic accuracy of rectal, tympanal and temporal artery thermometry to diagnose infection in old patients presenting to the ED
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Dr. Katrin Singler
senior physician
Klinikum Nürnberg