Temperature measurement is recommended by the national institute of clinical excellence a part of the initial assessment in acute illness in adults nice 2007 and by the scottish intercollegiate guidelines network guidelines for post operative management in adults sign. Taking a persons temperature is an initial part of a full clinical examinationthere are various types of medical thermometers as well as sites used for measurement including. Body temperature is one of the four main vital signs that must be monitored to ensure safe and effective care. In the rectum rectal temperature in the mouth oral temperature. Human thermoregulation and measurement of body temperature in exercise and clinical settings article literature review pdf available in annals of the academy of medicine singapore 374347. Non invasive temperature measurement what method of non invasive body temperature measurement is the most accurate and precise for use in patients newborn to adult in the emergency department.
Woodfield road schaumburg il 60173. Its measurement and management during pyrexia. Time for a change to assess and evaluate body temperature in clinical practice. Sund levander m grodzinsky e. The use of oral temperature measurement in the clinical setting although it may not be as convenient as tympanic temperature measurement using the infrared temperature scanner. Childs c wieloch t lecky f machin g harris b stocchetti n.
International journal of nursing practice. Report of a consensus meeting on human brain temperature after severe traumatic brain injury.