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Concordance between Tympanic and Enteral Temperature for Early Fever Detection in Hematologic Intensive Care Unit
Florian Bouclet1, Juliette Pénichoux1, Sorina-Dana Mihailescu2
1Department of Hematology, Centre Henri Becquerel, Rouen, France.
Introduction:
Early detection of fever is crucial in neutropenic patients. Lack of precision in body temperature measurement can occur with peripheral site measurements. Furthermore, intermittent temperature monitoring may result in a delay in fever detection.
Methods:
We conducted a prospective study in hematologic intensive care unit (HICU) patients receiving autologous stem cell transplant or intensive chemotherapy in order to compare tympanic and enteral temperature measured by an ingested electronic pill (BodyCap®, France).
Results:
Twenty-six patients ingested at least one capsule with a total of 218 days of tympanic and enteral simultaneous measurement. In 12% of these measurements, we identified a difference over 0.5°C between the left ear versus right ear measurements. Enteral temperature was usually higher than the tympanic one (p < 0.0001) with 14% of the measurements that were discordant with higher enteral temperature and 1.9% that were discordant with higher tympanic temperature. Febrile episodes were detected with the ingestible pill on average almost 24 h earlier than with the tympanic measurement. Early capsule evacuation occurred in 20.4% of the cases, mainly because of diarrhea, a frequent adverse event in these patients. Patients were satisfied with capsule ingestion according to a questionnaire.
Conclusion:
In this prospective trial (TEMPET), we demonstrated that enteral temperature measured by an ingested pill is feasible in HICU and detects fever earlier than tympanic routine measurements. Digestive symptoms related to hematological disease and/or treatments are limiting factors for its generalized usage.
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