title: Cutaneous infrared thermometry for detecting febrile patients.
abstract: We assessed the accuracy of cutaneous infrared thermometry, which measures temperature on the forehead, for detecting patients with fever in patients admitted to an emergency department. Although negative predictive value was excellent (0.99), positive predictive value was low (0.10). Therefore, we question mass detection of febrile patients by using this method.
authors.affiliation: UPMC University Paris 06, Paris, France. pierre.hausfater@psl.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hausfater
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Defrenne
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonnet
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Riou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013821:Thermometers