Comparison of the use of liquid crystal thermometers with glass mercury thermometers in febrile children in a children's ward at Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 368-373

  Mauta, L ^a   Vince, J ^b   Ripa, P ^b  

^a PORT MORESBY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CRYSTAL THERMOMETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURY THERMOMETER; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THERMOMETER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 73049103627     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp027     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Latman NS, Hans P, Nicholson L, et al. Evaluation of clinical thermometers for accuracy and reliability. Biomed Instrum Technol 2001;35:259-65.
2. Bhattacharya B, Banerjee S, Singh S. Acute mercury vapour poisoning in an infant. Ann Trop Paediatr 1997;17:57-60.
3. Modell JG, Katholi CR, Kumaramangalam SM, et al. Unreliability of the infrared tympanic thermometer in clinical practice: a comparative study with oral mercury and oral electronic thermometers. South Med J 1998;91:649-54.
4. Manian FA, Griesenauer S. Lack of agreement between tympanic and oral temperature measurement in adult hospitalized patients. Am J Infect Control 1998;26:428-30.
5. Romanovsky AA, Quint PA, Benikova Y, et al. A difference of 5 degrees Celcius between ear and rectal temperatures in a febrile patient. Am J Emerg Med 1997;15:383-5.
6. Hooker EA, Houston H. Screening for fever in an adult emergency department: oral vs tympanic thermometry. South Med J 1996;89:230-4.
7. Hooker EA. Use of tympanic thermometers to screen for fever in patients in a paediatric emergency department. South Med J 1993;86:855-8.
8. Brennan DF, Falk JL, Rothrock SG, et al. Reliability of infrared tympanic thermometry in the detection of rectal fever in children. Ann Emerg Med 1995;25:21-30
9. Burgess GE, Cooper JR III, Marino RJ, et al. Continuous monitoring of skin temperature using a liquid crystal thermometer during anaesthesia. South Med J 1978;71:516-8.
10. Lees DE, Schuette W, Bukll JM, et al. An evaluation of liquid-crystal thermometry as a screening device for interoperative hyperthermia. Anesth Analg 1978;57: 669-74.
11. Board M. Comparison of disposable and glass mercury thermometers. Nurs Times 1995;91:36-7.
12. Esamai F. Comparison of standard mercury thermometer and the liquid crystal device skin contact thermometer in febrile children at Eldoret District Hospital. East Afr Med J 1994;71:193-4.
13. Ilsley AH, Rutten AJ, Runciman WB. An evaluation of body temperature measurement. Anaesth Intensive Care 1983;11:31-9.
14. R thermometers. Early Hum Dev 1998;53:171-8.
15. Scholefield JM, Gerber MA, Dwyer P. Liquid crystal forehead temperature strips. A clinical appraisal. Am J Dis Child 1982;136:198-201.
16. Valadez JJ, Elmore-Meegan M, Morely D. Comparing liquid crystal thermometer readings and mercury thermometer readings of infants and small children in a traditional African setting. Implications for community-based health. Trop Geogr Med 1995;47:130-3.
17. Manandhar N, Ellis M, Manandhar DS, et al. Liquid Crystal Thermometry for the detection of neonatal hypothermia in Nepal. J Trop Pediatr 1998;44:15-7.
18. R in Indian urban slum dwellings. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2006; 91:F96-8.
19. R Disposable and reusable thermometer. Medical Indicators USA. Advertisement and Product Information.
20. Bland JM, Altman DG. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical assessment. Lancet 1986;1:307-10.
21. Rajee M, Sultana RV. Nextemp thermometer can be used interchangeably with tympanic or mercury thermometer for emergency department use. Emerg Med Austr 2006;18:245-51.
22. McKenzie NE. Evaluation of a new, wearable, precision phase-change thermometer in neonates. Paediatr Nurs 2003;29:117 25.