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Non-Contact Infrared Thermometry in Febrile Infants
Srinivasan Thiagarajan1, Rajeshwar Balaji2, Sriram Pothapregada2
1Department of Paediatrics, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India. drthiagu87@gmail.com.
Abstract:
This cross-sectional study was done to find the agreement between non-contact infrared thermometry and mercury-in-glass thermometer. Two hundred and fifty febrile infants were recruited over a period of two months and axillary temperature was measured by both techniques. The mean (SD) temperature recordings of infrared and mercury thermometer were 37.6 (0.91)°C and 37.6 (2.49)°C, respectively; mean difference - 0.016 (96% CI - 0.32, 0.29). There was moderate agreement between both methods (kappa=0.602). Non-contact infrared thermometry can be used with good accuracy in febrile infants for temperature measurements.
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