Clinical Accuracy and Reliability of Infrared Tympanic Thermometer in an Adult Emergency Department
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Fever
- Sponsor
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
- Enrollment
- 68
- Primary Endpoint
- The body temperatures of fever patients measured by the infrared tympanic thermometer
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The primary aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of an infrared thermometer compared to the gold standard, mercury-in-glass thermometer. The secondary aim was to compare tympanic and axillary temperature measurements by evaluating agreement and correlation to determine whether an infrared tympanic thermometer can replace an axillary mercury thermometer in the emergency department.
Investigators
Fangge Deng
Principal Investigator
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Above 37.5°C measured by axillary mercury thermometer
Exclusion Criteria
- •otitis external/media
- •soft-tissue infection over the axillary fossa and forehead
- •complete occlusion by earwax
- •severe illness
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
The body temperatures of fever patients measured by the infrared tympanic thermometer
Time Frame: up to 5 months
1. Fever patients were measured by the infrared tympanic thermometer in the emergency department. 2. Their tympanic temperatures were obtained from both sides of the body three times. 3. Use statistical methods to evaluate the relevance and consistency between the tympanic temperatures and gold standard temperatures(measured by the glass mercury thermometer).