Comparison of esophageal, rectal, axillary, bladder, tympanic, and pulmonary artery temperatures in children

Comparison between tympanic and anal temperature with a clinical infrared ray thermometer in dogs

“…The measurement of the TT through an infrared thermometer presents advantages compared to rectal measure temperature (RT) with regular clinical thermometers, the most used method for thermal clinical checking in animals. RT method can present lower accuracy due to variation on the portion of the rectum measured, variations of local blood flow and the presence of feces (Robinson et al, 1998). RT is not faster than TT method and we have observed a relative long lasting to RT method in dogs (>90s).…”

“…of tympanic membrane temperature (TT) through infrared thermometers is a recent procedure in veterinary routine and seems to present methodological and economical advantages (Robinson et al, 1998;Bergen and Kennedy, 2000;Stavem et al, 2000). The measurement of the TT through an infrared thermometer presents advantages compared to rectal measure temperature (RT) with regular clinical thermometers, the most used method for thermal clinical checking in animals.…”

Temperature measurement in paediatrics

“…Rectal thermometry has traditionally been considered the gold standard for temperature measurement (13,14), but many recent studies have revealed some of its limitations (15)(16)(17)(18). Rectal temperatures are slow to change in relation to changing core temperature, and they have been shown to stay elevated well after the patient's core temperature has begun to fall, and vice versa.…”

Estimation of Rectal Temperature and Body Weight of Rat Against Typhoid

“…Although generally safe, such measurements are associated with a small risk of rectal perforation, especially in neonates and very young infants. The rectal temperature responded slowly to changes in blood temperature 6 . This finding was probably related to the heat sink effect of stool in rectum.…”