Is postoperative tympanic membrane temperature measurement effective?

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 490-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishal Salota ◽  
Zuzana Slovakova ◽  
Candilaria Panes ◽  
Anitha Nundlall ◽  
Chulananda Goonasekera
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Measurement ◽  
Tympanic Membrane ◽  
Tympanic Membrane Temperature

Temperature Measurement

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 649-650
Author(s):  
DAVID ALEXANDER ◽  
THOMAS TERNDRUP
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Measurement ◽  
Tympanic Membrane ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Temperature Measurements ◽  
Practice Setting ◽  
Pediatric Setting ◽  
Tympanic Membrane Temperature ◽  
Conventional Methods

To the Editor.— In the March 1992 issue of Pediatrics, Freed and Fraley published an article entitled, "Lack of Agreement of Tympanic Membrane Temperature Assessments with Conventional Methods in a Private Practice Setting."1 This study concluded that the FIRST Temp thermometer was unreliable, compared with conventional methods of temperature-taking in the private pediatric setting. I would like to raise two methodologic concerns which may have influenced their results. Under "Methods," the authors state that their tympanic thermometer provided a choice of two modes: "tympanic" and "surface," They further state that the tympanic mode was used for all temperature measurements.

scholarly journals A comparison of axillary and tympanic membrane to rectal temperatures in children

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Paramita ◽  
Mulya Rahma Karyanti ◽  
Soedjatmiko Soedjatmiko ◽  
Aryono Hendarto ◽  
Dadi Suyoko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Measurement ◽  
Tympanic Membrane ◽  
Rectal Temperature ◽  
Predictive Value ◽  
Core Body Temperature ◽  
Pediatric Emergency ◽  
Temperature Measurements ◽  
Diagnostic Study ◽  
Axillary Temperature ◽  
Tympanic Membrane Temperature

Background Core body temperature measurement is not commonly done in pediatric populations because it is invasive and difficult to perform. Therefore, axillary and tympanic membrane temperature measurements are preferable, but their accuracy is still debatable.Objective To compare the accuracy of axillary and tympanic temperatures to rectal temperature in children with fever, and to measure the cut-off point for fever based on each temperature measurement method.Methods A diagnostic study was conducted among feverish children aged 6 months to 5 years who were consecutively selected from the Pediatric Outpatient Clinic, Pediatric Emergency Unit, and the inpatient ward in the Department of Child Health, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (CMH), from December 2014 to January 2015. Subjects underwent three measurements within a two minute span, namely, the axillary, tympanic membrane, and rectal temperature measurements. The values obtained from the examination were analyzed with appropriate statistical tests.Results The cut-off for fever on axilla was 37.4oC and on tympanic membrane was  37.4oC, with sensitivity 96% (95%CI 0.88 to 0.98) and 93% (95%CI 0.84 to 0.97), respectively; specificity 50% (95%CI 0.47 to 0.84) and 50% (95%CI 0.31 to 0.69), respectively; positive predictive value/PPV 90% (95%CI 0.81 to 0.95) and 85% (95%CI 0.75 to 0.91), respectively; and negative predictive value/NPV 83% (95%CI 0.61 to 0.94) and 69% (95%CI 0.44 to 0.86), respectively. The optimal cut-off of tympanic membrane and axilla temperature was 37.8oC (AUC 0.903 and 0.903, respectively).Conclusion Axillary temperature measurement is as good as tympanic membrane temperature measurement and can be used in daily clinical practice or at home. By increasing the optimum fever cut-off point for axillary and tympanic membrane temperature to 37.8oC, we find sensitivity 81% and 88%, specificity 86% and 73%, PPV 95% and 91%, and NPV 95% and 91%, respectively. 

scholarly journals Comparison between tympanic and anal temperature with a clinical infrared ray thermometer in dogs

2006 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.G.S. Wiedemann ◽  
M.C. Scalon ◽  
G. Paludo ◽  
I.O. Silva ◽  
V. Boere
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Measurement ◽  
Tympanic Membrane ◽  
Tympanic Temperature ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Infrared Thermometer ◽  
Infrared Rays

A clinical thermometer of infrared rays was used twice to record consecutively the temperature of the tympanic membrane in each ear and in the anus of 53 dogs. Temperatures did not differ significantly between organs, and were strongly correlated. The anal temperature measurement with an infrared thermometer in dogs is feasible and trustworthy, as well as the thermal checking of tympanic temperature.

The effect of investigator gender on lateral tympanic membrane temperature

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
William S. Helton ◽  
Jason R. Carter ◽  
Jason R. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Tympanic Membrane ◽  
Tympanic Membrane Temperature

Improvement of cerebral blood perfusion in certain cerebral regions after cranioplasty could be monitored via tympanic membrane temperature changes

Brain Injury ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (11) ◽  
pp. 1405-1412
Author(s):  
Ying Jiang ◽  
Yun-Kun Wang ◽  
Xiao-Lei Shi ◽  
Shen-Hao Wang ◽  
Yi-Ming Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tympanic Membrane ◽  
Blood Perfusion ◽  
Temperature Changes ◽  
Tympanic Membrane Temperature
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