Rectal-Axillary Temperature Difference in Febrile and Afebrile Infants and Children
| Autor: | Dimitris Anagnostakis, Stelios Grafakos, Emy Sarafidou, N. Matsaniotis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Fever Thermometers Rectum Gastroenterology Body Temperature 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Internal medicine medicine Humans Temperature difference Morning business.industry Infant Newborn Infant Rectal temperature Cross-Sectional Studies medicine.anatomical_structure El Niño Child Preschool Anesthesia Axilla Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health business Axillary temperature |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Pediatrics. 32:268-272 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2707 0009-9228 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/000992289303200503 |
| Popis: | The rectal-axillary temperature difference (R-A) was measured in the morning, at midday, and in the afternoon on 1,519 occasions in 1,149 children from birth to 5 years old. Of these, 302 children were febrile (rectal temperature > or = 38 degrees C) and 847 were afebrile. A wide range in R-A was found for each individual in both groups. The magnitude of this difference was not associated with sex or age. In febrile children, the R-A was significantly greater (P < .0001) at the apparent onset of fever (1.04 +/- 0.25 degrees C) than later, when fever had been present for at least two hours (0.53 +/- 0.22 degrees C). These findings indicate that it is impossible to find a standard number by which to convert axillary to rectal temperature or vice versa. Furthermore axillary temperature may be relatively low or even "normal" despite an elevated rectal temperature at the onset of fever. |
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