Cutaneous infrared thermometry for detecting febrile patients.
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.
Hausfater
Pierre
P
UPMC University Paris 06, Paris, France. pierre.hausfater@psl.aphp.fr
Zhao
Yan
Y
Defrenne
Stéphanie
S
Bonnet
Pascale
P
Riou
Bruno
B
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