Comparison of aural infrared with traditional rectal temperatures in children from birth to age three years.
Glass-mercury rectal temperatures were compared with aural temperatures ("rectal equivalent" mode) in 234 children from birth to age 36 months. Sixty-two percent of measurements were divergent by at least 0.3 degrees C, 35% by greater than 0.6 degrees C. The aural infrared thermometer cannot be recommended for these ages; measurements were unacceptably inaccurate.
Petersen-Smith
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Aurora Pediatric Associates, Colorado.
Barber
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Coody
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West
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Yetman
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D001831:Body Temperature; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004424:Ear Canal; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013821:Thermometers