NCT00378846

Three Different Types of Thermometers in Measuring Temperature in Young Patients With Fever and Without Fever

A Study Evaluating the Agreement of Devices for Measuring Temperature in Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (estimated)
• Sponsor: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) · NIH
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Comparing results of three different thermometers used to measure body temperature may help doctors find the most accurate thermometer to detect fever and plan the best treatment. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying three different types of thermometers to measure temperature in young patients with fever and without fever.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine agreement between three different types of temperature-measuring instruments: the temporal artery scanner, the digital oral thermometer, and the infrared tympanic thermometer calibrated to an oral setting, in pediatric patients who are febrile and afebrile. Secondary * Determine similarities or differences in the percent of fevers detected with oral, ear, and temporal artery monitoring in these pediatric patients. * Determine differences in agreement of the various temperature devices in non-neutropenic pediatric patients versus neutropenic pediatric patients. OUTLINE: This is a prospective study. During an afebrile episode, the patient's temperature is measured twice using the following 3 devices: a temporal artery scanner, a digital oral thermometer, and an infrared tympanic thermometer calibrated to an oral setting (total of 6 temperature measurements per afebrile episode). During a febrile episode, the patient's temperature is measured twice using all 3 devices as above, and then at 2 and 4 hours after administration of an antipyretic medication (total of 18 temperatures per febrile episode). Patients' temperatures are recorded for a maximum of 3 afebrile or febrile episodes. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 32 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

• Fever, Sweats, and Hot Flashes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	infrared thermography

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-03-01
• Completion: 2009-11-01
• First posted: 2006-09-21
• Last updated: 2012-03-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States