Diagnostic Accuracy of Body Temperature Measurement in Geriatric Patients

Klinikum Nürnberg

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fever; Infection

Treatments: Other: rectal, tympanal and temporal artery thermometry

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01639430

KSMC-tempger-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Retrospective analysis of a quality measurement project examining the quality of vital parameter measurement in consecutive patients >= 75 years presenting to the emergency department.

Primary goal of the study is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of body temperature measurement using different methods to diagnose infection in patients >= 75 years presenting to the emergency department. The secondary goal is to compare the reliability of tympanal and temporal artery thermometry with rectal temperature measurement.

Enrollment: 427 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 75+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• >= 75 years
• given informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• patients who do not speak the German language
• patients with unstable cardiorespiratory status
• presence of contraindications to one of the temperature measurement methods

Trial design

427 participants in 1 patient group

Geriatric patients ED

Description:

Consecutive patients \>= 75 years in the emergency department.

Treatment:

Other: rectal, tympanal and temporal artery thermometry