Non-contact infrared versus axillary and tympanic thermometers in children attending primary care: a mixed-methods study of accuracy and acceptability.

CONCLUSION: In a primary care paediatric population, temperature measurements with NCITs varied by >1°C compared with axillary and tympanic approaches. But there was also poor agreement between tympanic and axillary thermometers. Since clinical guidelines often rely on specific fever thresholds, clinicians should interpret peripheral thermometer readings with caution and in the context of a holistic assessment of the child. PMID: 32205332 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The British Journal of General Practice - March 22, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Hayward G, Verbakel JY, Ismail FA, Edwards G, Wang K, Fleming S, Holtman GA, Glogowska M, Morris E, Curtis K, van den Bruel A Tags: Br J Gen Pract Source Type: research