Cutaneous Infrared Thermometry for Detecting Febrile Patients

We assessed the accuracy of cutaneous infrared thermometry, which measures temperature on the forehead, for detecting patients with fever in patients admitted to an emergency department. Although negative predictive value was excellent (0.99), positive predictive value was low (0.10). Therefore, we...

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Autores principales: Hausfater, Pierre, Zhao, Yan, Defrenne, Stéphanie, Bonnet, Pascale, Riou, Bruno
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18680649
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1408.080059
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author Hausfater, Pierre
Zhao, Yan
Defrenne, Stéphanie
Bonnet, Pascale
Riou, Bruno
author_facet Hausfater, Pierre
Zhao, Yan
Defrenne, Stéphanie
Bonnet, Pascale
Riou, Bruno
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description We assessed the accuracy of cutaneous infrared thermometry, which measures temperature on the forehead, for detecting patients with fever in patients admitted to an emergency department. Although negative predictive value was excellent (0.99), positive predictive value was low (0.10). Therefore, we question mass detection of febrile patients by using this method.
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spelling pubmed-26003902009-01-13 Cutaneous Infrared Thermometry for Detecting Febrile Patients Hausfater, Pierre Zhao, Yan Defrenne, Stéphanie Bonnet, Pascale Riou, Bruno Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We assessed the accuracy of cutaneous infrared thermometry, which measures temperature on the forehead, for detecting patients with fever in patients admitted to an emergency department. Although negative predictive value was excellent (0.99), positive predictive value was low (0.10). Therefore, we question mass detection of febrile patients by using this method. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2600390/ /pubmed/18680649 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1408.080059 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Hausfater, Pierre
Zhao, Yan
Defrenne, Stéphanie
Bonnet, Pascale
Riou, Bruno
Cutaneous Infrared Thermometry for Detecting Febrile Patients
title Cutaneous Infrared Thermometry for Detecting Febrile Patients
title_full Cutaneous Infrared Thermometry for Detecting Febrile Patients
title_fullStr Cutaneous Infrared Thermometry for Detecting Febrile Patients
title_full_unstemmed Cutaneous Infrared Thermometry for Detecting Febrile Patients
title_short Cutaneous Infrared Thermometry for Detecting Febrile Patients
title_sort cutaneous infrared thermometry for detecting febrile patients
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18680649
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1408.080059
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