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NCT Number: NCT02937129

Clinical Accuracy and Reliability of Infrared Tympanic Thermometer in an Adult Emergency Department

The primary aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of an infrared thermometer compared to the gold standard, mercury-in-glass thermometer. The secondary aim was to compare tympanic and axillary temperature measurements by evaluating agreement and correlation to determine whether an infrared tympanic thermometer can replace an axillary mercury thermometer in the emergency department.

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Key information

Conditions

Fever Body Temperature Changes Disease Attributes Emergencies Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year–78 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Above 37.5°C measured by axillary mercury thermometer

Exclusion criteria

  • otitis external/media
  • soft-tissue infection over the axillary fossa and forehead
  • complete occlusion by earwax
  • severe illness
  • trauma

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. The body temperatures of fever patients measured by the infrared tympanic thermometer

    Time frame: up to 5 months

    • Fever patients were measured by the infrared tympanic thermometer in the emergency department.
    • Their tympanic temperatures were obtained from both sides of the body three times.
    • Use statistical methods to evaluate the relevance and consistency between the tympanic temperatures and gold standard temperatures(measured by the glass mercury thermometer).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Oct 18, 2016
Registry last updated
Oct 18, 2016

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