NCT01801020

Different Modes of Temperature Measurement in the Emergency Department

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: HaEmek Medical Center, Israel · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Introduction: Temperature measurement is a crucial and integral element in the assessment of the emergency department patients. The basis of triage and treatment is often directly influenced by temperature measurement. The finding of hyper/hypothermia may differentiate between a simple urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis, or in more extreme cases may discern "weakness" in the elderly from sepsis. This brief encounter of temperature measurement may be paramount to the medical treatment of the emergency department patient. The investigators will explore the different modes of temperature measurements in emergency department patients.

Detailed description

Temperature measurement is a crucial and integral element in the assessment of the emergency department patients. The basis of triage and treatment is often directly influenced by temperature measurement. The finding of hyper/hypothermia may differentiate between a simple urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis, or in more extreme cases may discern "weakness" in the elderly from sepsis. This brief encounter of temperature measurement may be paramount to the medical treatment of the emergency department patient.We will explore the different modes of temperature measurements in emergency department patients. We will check which temperature measurement is beneficial.

Conditions

• Sepsis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	temperature measuremts	temporal artery temperature measurements will be taken from the forehead
OTHER	temperature measuremts	different modes of temperature measuremts will be compared to one another in the same patient. if temporal measurement is higher than oral a rectal temperature will be taken

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-03-01
• Primary completion: 2015-01-01
• Completion: 2015-01-01
• First posted: 2013-02-28
• Last updated: 2015-06-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel