title: Comparison between rectal and infrared skin temperature in the newborn.
abstract: The reliability of measurement of body temperature using a new infrared skin thermometer was evaluated in 107 newborns. The use of the device was associated with low operator-related variability and acceptable limits of agreement with the temperature measured with a rectal mercury thermometer. Use of the infrared skin thermometer is a comfortable and reliable way of measurement of body temperature in newborns.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Ginecologiche, Perinatologia, Puericultura, Universitè di Roma La Sapienza, Italy. mario.decurtis@uniroma.it
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Curtis
authors.forename: Flaminia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Calzolari
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marciano
authors.forename: Viviana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cardilli
authors.forename: Gianvincenzo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barba
mesh_terms: D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D012007:Rectum / Q000502:physiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012384:Rome; D012881:Skin Temperature / Q000502:physiology; D013817:Thermography / Q000295:instrumentation; D013821:Thermometers