Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Assessing Body Temperature - Temporal Artery01:19

Assessing Body Temperature - Temporal Artery

547
Here is a stepwise guide to assessing the body temperature at the temporal artery using a temporal artery thermometer
Step 1: Perform hand hygiene and don a fresh pair of gloves to prevent cross-infection and ensure patient safety.
Step 2: Explain the procedure to the patient to establish trust. Clear communication establishes trust with the patient, ensures they understand what to expect, promotes cooperation, and enhances comfort during the procedure.  
Step 3: Assess the patient's...
547
Equipments Used to Measure Body Temperature01:13

Equipments Used to Measure Body Temperature

999
Body temperature can be assessed using various devices and measured in Celsius or Fahrenheit.
Glass-bulb Thermometer:
Glass-bulb thermometers are hollow glass tubes with a bulb tip containing liquid such as ethanol or mercury. Historically, glass bulb mercury thermometers were the standard device to measure body temperature. Today, mercury thermometers are prohibited in many countries due to the hazardous effects of mercury and the risk of exposure if the glass bulb breaks. In general,...
999
Pulse rhythm01:30

Pulse rhythm

795
Pulse rhythm refers to the pattern of pulsations within specific intervals, offering valuable insights into the regularity or irregularity of the heart's beats as observed through the pattern of pulsation within specific intervals. A regular pulse exhibits a consistent heart rate with uniform waveforms and pulsation force, variations of which can be classified as normal, weak, or bounding.
Conversely, an irregular pulse pattern is termed dysrhythmia, stemming from disruptions in cardiac...
795
Temperature Measurement Sites01:14

Temperature Measurement Sites

1.7K
A thermometer measures body temperature. The common sites for measuring body temperature are the oral cavity, axillary region, temporal artery, and skin surface, such as the forehead, abdomen, and axilla. True core body temperature is assessed in the rectum, tympanic membrane, pulmonary artery, esophagus, and urinary bladder.
Oral: When assessing oral temperature, the thermometer tip should be placed under the tongue in the posterior sublingual pocket. It offers accurate readings and can be...
1.7K
Increased Body Temperature01:25

Increased Body Temperature

667
A body temperature above  38°C  (100.4 °F) is known as fever or pyrexia, and a person with fever is termed 'febrile.' Typically, the hypothalamus, a part of the brain that acts as the body's thermostat, regulates body temperature through a thermoregulatory setpoint. It receives signals from cold and warm thermal receptors throughout the body and adjusts the body's temperature accordingly. Fever occurs when this hypothalamic setpoint is altered, usually in...
667
Methods of reducing fever01:22

Methods of reducing fever

662
The signs and symptoms of fever include hot and dry skin, flushed face, thirst, muscle aches, anorexia, headache, tachycardia, tachypnea, and fatigue. Elevated body temperature is reduced using two methods: pharmacological and nonpharmacological. Proper identification and treatment of the root cause of a fever is of utmost importance.
Pharmacological Methods of Reducing Fever:
662

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Transformer-Based Deep Learning Model for Predicting Hemoglobin Response to Mircera® in Hemodialysis Patients.

Blood purification·2026
Same author

Cutaneous Microvascular Functional Reserve is Associated with Kidney Function and Histopathologic Injury in CKD: The MAP-CKD Study.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences·2026
Same author

Physical Activity Fragmentation and All-Cause Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients: Insights From Fitbit Study.

Kidney medicine·2026
Same author

The importance of not looking the other way: Prehire on- and off-the-job misbehavior predicts subsequent police misconduct.

The Journal of applied psychology·2026
Same author

Sleep and temperature data from wearable devices support noninvasive detection of diabetes mellitus in a large-scale, retrospective analysis.

Communications medicine·2026
Same author

Age-related patterns in distal skin temperature during naps.

Sleep·2026

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jun 29, 2025

A Detailed Protocol for Perspiration Monitoring Using a Novel, Small, Wireless Device
05:32

A Detailed Protocol for Perspiration Monitoring Using a Novel, Small, Wireless Device

Published on: November 24, 2016

7.9K

Utilizing Wearable Device Data for Syndromic Surveillance: A Fever Detection Approach.

Patrick Kasl1, Lauryn Keeler Bruce2, Wendy Hartogensis3

  • 1Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093-0021, USA.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|March 28, 2024
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Wearable devices can detect fevers for public health surveillance. This study shows Oura Ring data can identify fever days, aiding real-time disease outbreak detection.

Keywords:
illness detectionsyndromic surveillancewearables

More Related Videos

Setup of Consumer Wearable Devices for Exposure and Health Monitoring in Population Studies
15:00

Setup of Consumer Wearable Devices for Exposure and Health Monitoring in Population Studies

Published on: February 3, 2023

2.5K
An Application for Pairing with Wearable Devices to Monitor Personal Health Status
06:58

An Application for Pairing with Wearable Devices to Monitor Personal Health Status

Published on: February 3, 2022

2.8K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jun 29, 2025

A Detailed Protocol for Perspiration Monitoring Using a Novel, Small, Wireless Device
05:32

A Detailed Protocol for Perspiration Monitoring Using a Novel, Small, Wireless Device

Published on: November 24, 2016

7.9K
Setup of Consumer Wearable Devices for Exposure and Health Monitoring in Population Studies
15:00

Setup of Consumer Wearable Devices for Exposure and Health Monitoring in Population Studies

Published on: February 3, 2023

2.5K
An Application for Pairing with Wearable Devices to Monitor Personal Health Status
06:58

An Application for Pairing with Wearable Devices to Monitor Personal Health Status

Published on: February 3, 2022

2.8K

Area of Science:

  • Digital epidemiology
  • Wearable technology
  • Public health surveillance

Background:

  • Wearable devices offer continuous physiological monitoring, showing potential for detecting infectious diseases, especially those with fever.
  • Previous research indicates wearables can identify fever onset, but their utility for broader syndromic surveillance requires evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the effectiveness of wearable device data for general syndromic surveillance.
  • To develop and evaluate a model for detecting self-reported fevers using physiological data from Oura Rings.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from 63,153 participants wearing Oura Rings, combined with daily questionnaire responses.
  • Constructed a dataset classifying days as fever (positive class) or non-fever (negative class) based on self-report and temperature.
  • Trained a tree-based classifier using skin temperature, heart rate, and sleep data from nights preceding and following fever days.

Main Results:

  • The model achieved an Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (AUROC) of 0.85 and an Average Precision (AP) of 0.25.
  • At 50% sensitivity, the calibrated model demonstrated a low false positive rate of 0.8%.
  • Data from 16,794 participants contributed valid ground truth days, including 724 fever days and 342,430 non-fever days.

Conclusions:

  • Leveraging wearable device data for live fever surveillance is feasible at a public health level.
  • Implementing such models can enhance real-time detection of disease prevalence and spread during outbreaks.
  • Wearable technology holds significant promise for advancing public health surveillance capabilities.