When body temperature changes, does rectal temperature lag? - 24/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.02.037
David S. Greenes, MD ⁎ 
, Gary R. Fleisher, MD
, Gary R. Fleisher, MD From the Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts USA
Reprint requests: David S. Greenes, MD, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115.Abstract |
By using temporal artery and rectal thermometers, we followed temperatures in 45 febrile (>38.5°C) infants given an antipyretic drug. Sixty and 90 minutes after drug administration, temporal artery temperatures had decreased significantly more than rectal temperatures. When body arterial temperature changes rapidly, changes in rectal temperature may lag.
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 | This research was funded by a grant from the Exergen Corp, Watertown, Massachusetts. The authors have no other financial relationship with Exergen or financial interest in the products used in this study. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. |
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