NCT01639430

Diagnostic Accuracy of Body Temperature Measurement in Geriatric Patients

Diagnostic Accuracy of Body Temperature Measurement in Geriatric Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 427 (actual)
• Sponsor: Klinikum Nürnberg · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Fever
• Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	rectal, tympanal and temporal artery thermometry	Temperature measurement was done once in all patients included within the first hour of patients´presentation to the emergency department. Tympanal measurement was carried out by the use of infrared ear thermometry, temporal artery thermometry was done using infrared technology as well.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-05-01
• Primary completion: 2012-06-01
• Completion: 2012-06-01
• First posted: 2012-07-12
• Last updated: 2012-07-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany