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Feasibility of continuous temperature monitoring in pediatric immunocompromised patients: A pilot study
Author(s) -
Sampson Megan,
Hickey Victoria,
Huber John,
Alonso Priscila Badia,
Davies Stella M.,
Dandoy Christopher E.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.27723
Subject(s) - medicine , tolerability , continuous monitoring , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , adverse effect , operations management , economics
Early recognition of fever is paramount in reducing morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. We performed a pilot study to determine the feasibility, safety, and tolerability of continuous temperature monitoring via TempTraq, a continuous temperature monitoring patch. Ten pediatric patients were enrolled and received continuous temperature monitoring over 5 days in addition to episodic monitor (standard of care). Episodic monitoring failed to detect fever in two patients and there was a significant delay (>12 h) of fever detection in two others that was detected with TempTraq. Additionally, caregivers reported TempTraq was tolerable and easy to apply.