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Monitoring skin temperature at the wrist in hospitalised patients may assist in the detection of infection
BACKGROUND: Measuring temperature has always been a key observation in the diagnosis of infection. No studies have examined the usefulness of measuring temperature at the wrist to detect infection. AIM: We sought to determine whether a watch measuring wrist temperature could accurately identify pati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7318648/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31908128 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.14748 |
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author | Holt, Stephen G. Yo, Jennifer H. Karschimkus, Connie Volpato, Frank Christov, Steve Smith, Edward R. Hewitson, Tim D. Worth, Leon J. Champion De Crespigny, Paul |
author_facet | Holt, Stephen G. Yo, Jennifer H. Karschimkus, Connie Volpato, Frank Christov, Steve Smith, Edward R. Hewitson, Tim D. Worth, Leon J. Champion De Crespigny, Paul |
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description | BACKGROUND: Measuring temperature has always been a key observation in the diagnosis of infection. No studies have examined the usefulness of measuring temperature at the wrist to detect infection. AIM: We sought to determine whether a watch measuring wrist temperature could accurately identify patients who are infected. METHODS: Prospective cross‐sectional pilot study of temperature monitoring in an unselected patients in a tertiary referral adult nephrology unit. RESULTS: One hundred and four data recording sessions revealed 88 useful data sets, with recording failures in the others. Patients were retrospectively classified as having no infection (Group A, n = 60), clinically diagnosed infection with less than 24 h of treatment with antibiotics (Group B, n = 5), and clinically diagnosed infection with greater than 24 h on antibiotics (Group C, n = 23). There was a significantly higher average maximum temperature in Group B (mean (SEM)) 38°C (0.6) compared with Groups A (36.1°C (0.1)) and C (36.3°C (0.3)). Based on receiver operating characteristics (ROC) a cut‐off temperature of ≥37.5°C gave sensitivity 80% and specificity 98%. Mean electrodermal activity was significantly higher in Groups B and C. CONCLUSIONS: ROC of peripheral skin temperature measurements suggest that such a device may identify many patients requiring treatment for infection. This proof of principle study showed value in using a wearable device in the detection of infection and its potential as an early warning or monitoring device. |
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spelling | pubmed-73186482020-06-29 Monitoring skin temperature at the wrist in hospitalised patients may assist in the detection of infection Holt, Stephen G. Yo, Jennifer H. Karschimkus, Connie Volpato, Frank Christov, Steve Smith, Edward R. Hewitson, Tim D. Worth, Leon J. Champion De Crespigny, Paul Intern Med J Original Articles BACKGROUND: Measuring temperature has always been a key observation in the diagnosis of infection. No studies have examined the usefulness of measuring temperature at the wrist to detect infection. AIM: We sought to determine whether a watch measuring wrist temperature could accurately identify patients who are infected. METHODS: Prospective cross‐sectional pilot study of temperature monitoring in an unselected patients in a tertiary referral adult nephrology unit. RESULTS: One hundred and four data recording sessions revealed 88 useful data sets, with recording failures in the others. Patients were retrospectively classified as having no infection (Group A, n = 60), clinically diagnosed infection with less than 24 h of treatment with antibiotics (Group B, n = 5), and clinically diagnosed infection with greater than 24 h on antibiotics (Group C, n = 23). There was a significantly higher average maximum temperature in Group B (mean (SEM)) 38°C (0.6) compared with Groups A (36.1°C (0.1)) and C (36.3°C (0.3)). Based on receiver operating characteristics (ROC) a cut‐off temperature of ≥37.5°C gave sensitivity 80% and specificity 98%. Mean electrodermal activity was significantly higher in Groups B and C. CONCLUSIONS: ROC of peripheral skin temperature measurements suggest that such a device may identify many patients requiring treatment for infection. This proof of principle study showed value in using a wearable device in the detection of infection and its potential as an early warning or monitoring device. John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 2020-05-05 2020-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7318648/ /pubmed/31908128 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.14748 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Internal Medicine Journal by Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd on behalf of Royal Australasian College of Physicians. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Holt, Stephen G. Yo, Jennifer H. Karschimkus, Connie Volpato, Frank Christov, Steve Smith, Edward R. Hewitson, Tim D. Worth, Leon J. Champion De Crespigny, Paul Monitoring skin temperature at the wrist in hospitalised patients may assist in the detection of infection |
title | Monitoring skin temperature at the wrist in hospitalised patients may assist in the detection of infection |
title_full | Monitoring skin temperature at the wrist in hospitalised patients may assist in the detection of infection |
title_fullStr | Monitoring skin temperature at the wrist in hospitalised patients may assist in the detection of infection |
title_full_unstemmed | Monitoring skin temperature at the wrist in hospitalised patients may assist in the detection of infection |
title_short | Monitoring skin temperature at the wrist in hospitalised patients may assist in the detection of infection |
title_sort | monitoring skin temperature at the wrist in hospitalised patients may assist in the detection of infection |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7318648/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31908128 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.14748 |
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