Journal article
Temperature measurement in term and preterm neonates
The Journal of pediatrics, Vol.104(2), pp.271-275
1984
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(84)81011-2
PMID: 6694025
Abstract
Body temperatures of 99 term and 44 preterm infants were measured at four sites: core (5 cm beyond the anus, with an electronic telethermometer), rectum (2 cm, with a mercury-in-glass thermometer), axilla, and between the skin and mattress. Temperatures measured at the four sites agreed closely in this group of largely normothermic infants. However, five of seven term infants with abnormal core temperature (>1.5 SD below or above the mean) would have been judged to be normothermic by each of the three other measurements. The temperatures in preterm infants were lower and varied less with the site of measurement, indicating a smaller core-surface temperature gradient because of their relative lack of thermal insulation by body fat. Axillary temperature was as reliable as rectal temperature measured in the usual way with a mercury-in-glass thermometer. Measurement of the temperature between the skin and matress was nearly as accurate as the other more frequently used methods. Ninety percent of temperatures were within 0.1·C of their final stabilization readings by 5 minutes for each type of thermometer and measurement site.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Temperature measurement in term and preterm neonates
- Creators
- Steven R. Mayfield - Iowa City, Ia., USAJatinder Bhatia - Iowa City, Ia., USAKenneth T. Nakamura - Iowa City, Ia., USAGladys R. Rios - Iowa City, Ia., USAEdward F. Bell - Iowa City, Ia., USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of pediatrics, Vol.104(2), pp.271-275
- Publisher
- Mosby, Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0022-3476(84)81011-2
- PMID
- 6694025
- ISSN
- 0022-3476
- eISSN
- 1097-6833
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1984
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Neonatology
- Record Identifier
- 9984353864102771
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