title: Time required to document temperature by electronic skin thermometer in a healthy neonate.
abstract: We studied the actual time taken to document temperature in a stable neonate by an electronic digital skin thermometer with automatic time beeper. We studied 100 neonates after initial stabilization. The mean time required for documenting the temperature by a electronic thermometer in axilla was 56.34+/-1.54 secs for term neonates (>2500g) and 54.87+/-1.23 secs for low birth weight (<2500g). The skin temperature measured simultaneously by the ordinary mercury thermometer kept for traditional 3 minutes supported the electronic measurement (P < 0.01).
authors.affiliation: BR Singh Hospital for Medical Education and Research. Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Ananada Shankar
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bandhopadhya
authors.forename: Gautam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ghosh
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D004582:Electronics, Medical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012881:Skin Temperature; D013821:Thermometers; D013997:Time Factors