title: Comparison of Temporal Artery Thermometry with Axillary and Rectal Thermometry in Full Term Neonates.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the efficacy of temporal artery thermometer in febrile and hypothermic neonates in comparison to axillary thermometer.
  
  
  METHODS
  It was a cross sectional observational study. Study participants included 210 neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital, divided into three groups of 70 each, namely normothermic, febrile and hypothermic. Temperatures were measured using temporal artery, axillary and rectal thermometers in each patient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean rectal temperature was found to be comparable to mean temporal artery temperature in normothermic babies. Temporal artery thermometer had a better sensitivity to diagnose fever, than hypothermia. Also, temporal artery temperature showed a good correlation with rectal temperature in normothermic and febrile group and not in hypothermic neonates.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Temporal artery thermometer can accurately detect temperature in febrile and normothermic fullterm neonates but not in hypothermic neonates. Further studies are required before advocating temporal artery thermometry as a replacement of rectal thermometry among this group of population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi) and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, 110095, India.
authors.forename: Ekta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goswami
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi) and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, 110095, India. drprernabatra@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Prerna
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Batra
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi) and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, 110095, India.
authors.forename: Ritika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khurana
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi) and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, 110095, India.
authors.forename: Pooja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dewan
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D001831:Body Temperature; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum; D013699:Temporal Arteries; D062125:Thermometry / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Axillary thermometry; Neonates; Rectal thermometry; Temporal artery thermometry