Fever, Sweats, and Hot Flashes Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Study Evaluating the Agreement of Devices for Measuring Temperature in Children
RATIONALE: Comparing results of three different thermometers used to measure body
temperature may help doctors find the most accurate thermometer to detect fever and plan the
best treatment.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying three different types of thermometers to measure
temperature in young patients with fever and without fever.
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- Determine agreement between three different types of temperature-measuring instruments:
the temporal artery scanner, the digital oral thermometer, and the infrared tympanic
thermometer calibrated to an oral setting, in pediatric patients who are febrile and
afebrile.
Secondary
- Determine similarities or differences in the percent of fevers detected with oral, ear,
and temporal artery monitoring in these pediatric patients.
- Determine differences in agreement of the various temperature devices in
non-neutropenic pediatric patients versus neutropenic pediatric patients.
OUTLINE: This is a prospective study.
During an afebrile episode, the patient's temperature is measured twice using the following
3 devices: a temporal artery scanner, a digital oral thermometer, and an infrared tympanic
thermometer calibrated to an oral setting (total of 6 temperature measurements per afebrile
episode).
During a febrile episode, the patient's temperature is measured twice using all 3 devices as
above, and then at 2 and 4 hours after administration of an antipyretic medication (total of
18 temperatures per febrile episode).
Patients' temperatures are recorded for a maximum of 3 afebrile or febrile episodes.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 32 patients will be accrued for this study.
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Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
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