Reliability of a tympanic thermometer in measuring temperatures in children after minor ear surgery

Pandey, Apoorva Kumar; Ingrams, Duncan R.; Jones, Marian; Raman, Rajagopalan; Marks, N D

doi:10.1017/s0022215106000417

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“…Tympanic temperature, which has been shown to provide a valid and reliable estimate of rectal temperature (Pandey et al 2006), was measured at rest and 1, 3, 5, and 10 min after the end of the last sprint using a tympanic thermometer (Kendall, GENIUS Model 3000A, Mansfield, Mass. ).…”

Section: Temperature Measurementmentioning

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Postexercise heart rate recovery in children: relationship with power output, blood pH, and lactate

Buchheit

Duché

Laursen

et al. 2010

Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.

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The aim of the present study was to determine whether differences in age-related heart rate recovery (HRR) kinetics were associated with differences in power output, blood lactate concentration ([La]b), and acidosis among children, adolescents, and adults. Ten prepubertal boys (aged 9.6 +/- 0.7 years), 6 pubertal boys (aged 15.2 +/- 0.8 years), and 7 men (aged 20.4 +/- 1.0 years) performed 10 repeated 10-s all-out cycling sprints, interspersed with 5-min passive recovery intervals. Mean power output (MPO) was measured during each sprint, and HRR, [La]b, and acidosis (pHb) were determined immediately after each sprint. Children displayed a shorter time constant of the primary component of HRR than adolescents and adults (17.5 +/- 4.1 vs. 38.0 +/- 5.3 and 36.9 +/- 4.9 s, p < 0.001 for both), but no difference was observed between adolescents and adults (p = 1.00). MPO, [La]b, and pHb were also lower in children compared with the other 2 groups (p < 0.001 for both). When data were pooled, HRR was significantly correlated with MPO (r = 0.48, p < 0.001), [La]b (r = 0.58, p < 0.001), and pHb (r = -0.60, p < 0.001). Covarying for MPO, [La]b, or pHb abolished the between-group differences in HRR (p = 0.42, p = 0.19, and p = 0.16, respectively). Anaerobic glycolytic contribution and power output explained a significant portion of the HRR variance following high-intensity intermittent exercise. The faster HRR kinetic observed in children appears to be related, at least in part, to their lower work rate and inherent lack of anaerobic metabolic capacity.

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Section: Temperature Measurementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Postexercise heart rate recovery in children: relationship with power output, blood pH, and lactate

Buchheit

Duché

Laursen

et al. 2010

Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.

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“…Several features of the external ear canal such as a narrow canal, presence of excessive hair or cerumen, presence of external otitis and canal wall down surgery invalidate the ITT measurements [11]. Presence of serous otitis media or inserted ventilation tube does not affect these measurements [12]. In the present study, ITT measurements were not affected by the presence of myringosclerosis or tympanic membrane perforation.…”

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Aural and Nasal Temperature Measurements Using an Infrared Thermometer vs Conventional Axillary and Oral Measurements

Aksoy¹,

Yıldırım²,

Veyseller³

et al. 2014

TOOTORJ

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Introduction and Aim: The aim of the present study was to compare aural temperature measurements with conventional methods (axillary and oral) in patients with unilateral tympanic membrane perforation or myringosclerosis. The study also aimed to test the potential nasal use of infrared thermometer. Materials and Methods: Forty-four adult patients with monoaural tympanic membrane perforation and 29 adult patients with monoaural myringosclerosis were included in this prospective study conducted between June 2007 and November 2008. The contralateral ears of the patients were normal. Inter-aural, axillary, oral and nasal temperature measurement results of the patients were compared. Results: Similar measurement results were obtained from the two ears in patients with monoaural perforation (P = 0.7780, SD± 0.3189). Similarly, in patients with monoaural myringosclerosis, no statistically significant difference was found between the measurements from the normal and diseased ear (P = 0.9346, SD± 0.2244). Measurements obtained by using nasal infrared thermometer was significantly lower compared to aural, axillary and oral measurements (p<0.0001). Conclusion: Perforation of tympanic membrane and myringosclerosis are usually asymptomatic and their presence does not effect the aural temperature measurements done by an infrared tympanic thermometer. Nasal temperature measurement by an infrared thermometer is not a reliable method, as it gives significantly lower results than actual body temperature.

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“…To minimise the effect of interindividual variations, only one experienced investigator performed the measurements throughout the study. Exclusion criteria were age under 18, acute life-threatening conditions including circulatory shock and respiratory failure, acute head trauma, previous ear surgery [13,20,21] and acute ear disease [6,13,22,23].…”

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Limitations of infrared ear temperature measurement in clinical practice

Twerenbold¹,

Zehnder²,

Breidthardt³

et al. 2010

Swiss Med Wkly

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Reliability of a tympanic thermometer in measuring temperatures in children after minor ear surgery

Abstract: Infrared tympanic thermometry is reliable in monitoring body temperature in children who have had minor ear surgery.

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

Postexercise heart rate recovery in children: relationship with power output, blood pH, and lactate

Postexercise heart rate recovery in children: relationship with power output, blood pH, and lactate

Aural and Nasal Temperature Measurements Using an Infrared Thermometer vs Conventional Axillary and Oral Measurements

Limitations of infrared ear temperature measurement in clinical practice

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