Effect of peripheral i.v. infusion on neonatal axillary temperature measurement.
To determine whether axillary temperature in an arm with a peripheral IV infusion (PIVI) is significantly different than in the arm without a PIVI in neonates.


METHODS
Twenty-nine neonates ranging in Dubowitz gestational age from 27-42 weeks were selected from Level II and III nurseries. Each had a PIVI in place in an upper extremity. Right axillary, left axillary, and rectal temperatures were taken simultaneously.


RESULTS
There was no significant difference between left and right axillary temperatures using a t-test.


CONCLUSIONS
Either axilla may be used for temperature measurement regardless of PIVI placement.
Abrams
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L
Buchholz
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C
McKenzie
N S
NS
Merenstein
G B
GB
D001365:Axilla; D001831:Body Temperature; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous