Comparison of Three Methods of Taking Temperatures in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit

Comparison of Temporal Artery, Axillary, and Rectal Temperatures in Preterm Infants in the NICU

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01012128

Enrollment

Registered

2009-11-11

Start date

2010-01-31

Completion date

2011-12-31

Last updated

2015-04-06

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Conditions

Thermometry

Keywords

Temporal Artery Thermometer, Temperature, Preterm Infants

Brief summary

Preterm infants will have their body temperature measured by three different devices in order to evaluate whether the newest device, a temporal artery scanning thermometer, is accurate for patients in the preterm period.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 6 Months

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* preterm infants corrected to 30-35 weeks gestation * current incubator set on air control between 28-30 degrees centigrade

Exclusion criteria

* infants \<30 and \>35 weeks gestation * infants requiring \> 30 degrees centigrade in incubator on air control * infants currently not in an incubator

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Accuracy of temporal artery thermometer measurements	5 minutes

Countries

United States

Outcome results