Diagnostic accuracy of three different methods of temperature measurement in acutely ill geriatric patients

Singler K, Bertsch T, Kob R, Hammer K, Biber R, Sieber C, Christ M, Heppner HJ (2013)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

Age and Ageing Oxford University Press

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Book Volume: 42

Pages Range: 740-746

Journal Issue: 6

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft121

Abstract

Conclusion: diagnostic accuracy for the identification of infection was comparable among tympanal and rectal thermometry and lower for temporal artery thermometry. Different cut-off points should be used to identify infection using tympanal (37.3 degrees C) or rectal (37.9 degrees C) thermometry. In general, temperature measurement is an insensitive method to identify geriatric patients with infection. Registration number clinicaltrials.com: KSMC-tempger-1.

Authors with CRIS profile

Robert Kob Professur für Innere Medizin - Geriatrie Cornel Sieber Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin (Geriatrie) Hans Jürgen Heppner

Involved external institutions

Klinikum Nürnberg DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Singler, K., Bertsch, T., Kob, R., Hammer, K., Biber, R., Sieber, C.,... Heppner, H.J. (2013). Diagnostic accuracy of three different methods of temperature measurement in acutely ill geriatric patients. Age and Ageing, 42(6), 740-746. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft121

MLA:

Singler, Katrin, et al. "Diagnostic accuracy of three different methods of temperature measurement in acutely ill geriatric patients." Age and Ageing 42.6 (2013): 740-746.

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