Ear Temperature as Predictor of Rectal Temperature Measured With Modern Devices in the Emergency Department.

Fever Clinical Trial

Official title:

Ear Temperature, Measured With 3. Generation Tympanic Thermometers as Predictor of Rectal Temperature in the Emergency Department Population

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02977481
• Other study ID #: SHS-ED-11-2016
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 18, 2016
• Last updated: May 17, 2017
• Start date: November 2016
• Est. completion date: March 2017

Study information

• Verified date: May 2017
• Source: University of Southern Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Ear thermometers are often requested to be used rather than rectal thermometer (gold standard) for measuring the body temperature, as this method is faster and more user friendly. Former ear thermometers did not meet the required standards of accuracy for clinical use. However, a new generation of ear thermometers have been developed and widely used in the Emergency departments in Denmark. The devices have only been evaluated in two studies on adult populations, with conflicting results.

This cross-sectional study will examine patients by measuring both ear and rectal temperature in the same patient at the same time on admission to an emergency department, to evaluate if temperature measured in the ear can be used as the standard temperature measurement.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 600
• Est. completion date: March 2017
• Est. primary completion date: March 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• admission to emergency department

Exclusion Criteria:

• no rectum

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies
• Fever

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Aabenraa Sygehus Emergency Department	Aabenraa

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Southern Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The Body Temperature in Celcius degrees		Up to 24 hours after arrival to Emergency Department