Using a Infrared Thermometer to the Early Detection of Catheter Related Infections

Using Non-contact Infrared Thermometry to Detection of Central Venous Catheter Related Infection.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02077816

Enrollment

Registered

2014-03-04

Start date

2011-08-31

Completion date

2011-11-30

Last updated

2014-03-04

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Conditions

Infection

Keywords

body temperature, Thermometry, Infrared Rays, catheter related infection

Brief summary

This is a pilot study which aims to show the temperatures measured on body surface with an infrared thermometer on inpatients who need a central venous catheter (CVC) for medical care. Because the local temperature could be altered, at least during local infectious processes, seems to be reasonable to think that this approach could be helpful to its early diagnosis.

Detailed description

By convenience sampling, it was expected that during 4 months, a minimum of 30 inpatients of the metabolic, clinical or intensive care wards, at the Clinical Hospital of Ribeirão Preto Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil, would have their data collected

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Need of a central venous catheter for medical care. * Be an inpatient of the metabolic, clinical or intensive care wards

Exclusion criteria

* Be in treatment course of a catheter related infection.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Body temperature measured with a non-contact infrared thermometer.	15 minutes after bath, mobilization or warm or cold compresses	It was used a non-contact forehead infrared thermometer, model IR200® (Extech, USA). Fifteen minutes after bath, mobilization or warm or cold compresses, 3 measurements were obtained at the following sites: 1) close to CVC insertion, 2) at the equivalent contralateral site of CVC and 3) at the forehead. The variables values will be displayed in form of descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, standard error, proportions of the observations, confidence intervals) according to: sex, central venous catheter type (guide wire or port-a-cath), location of insertion, reason of the central venous catheter indication (like parenteral nutrition or antibiotics), number of catheter lumens and age. Also, the mean differences between the three locations measured will be presented.

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results