title: Effect of peripheral i.v. infusion on neonatal axillary temperature measurement.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Abrams
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buchholz
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: McKenzie
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Merenstein
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D001831:Body Temperature; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous