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

Christiana Care Health Services

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Thermometry

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01012128

600687

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Sex: All

Ages: Under 6 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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