Accuracy of Measurement of Surface Body Temperature Using the Health e Pod Device (Card Guard) Compared to Gold Standard Equipment

Shamir Medical Center (Assaf-Harofeh)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: All Children Admitted to the ED; Children With Fever

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00850083

152/08

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective To evaluate the accuracy of data acquisition by Health e pod device in measurement of body temperature, to compare it to a standard body temperature measure equipment About 400 consecutive patients admitted to PEU in Assaf Harofeh Medical Center will compile the Study Population.

Basic vital signs will be recorded on admission and during hospitalization as per the PEU policy and not in particular for this study.

As a part of routine check-up all admitted patients undergo body temperature measure (oral or rectal - as per the PEU policy and with PEU devices).

Following an explanation and patient agreement, eligible patients (and their legal guardian) will sign informed consent and enter the study. The health e pod device will be applied to measure body temperature, immediately after the standard temperature measure has been performed by the PEU professional.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 day to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Signed an Informed Consent by the patients' legal custodian / guardian (and assent by the patient when applicable).
• Age 0 to 18 years
• Clinically stable patients hospitalized in PEU.

Exclusion criteria

• Implanted pacemaker or defibrillator.
• Patients participating in other clinical trail.

Trial design

400 participants in 1 patient group

Children in the ED