Open AccessEmergency department rectal temperatures in over 10 years: A retrospective observational study
Author(s) -
Graham Walker,
Daniel Runde,
Daniel M. Rolston,
Dan Wiener,
Jarone Lee
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1920-8642
DOI - 10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2013.02.004
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , triage , rectal temperature , retrospective cohort study , etiology , rectum , emergency medicine , psychiatry
Fever in patients can provide an important clue to the etiology of a patient's symptoms. Non-invasive temperature sites (oral, axillary, temporal) may be insensitive due to a variety of factors. This has not been well studied in adult emergency department patients. To determine whether emergency department triage temperatures detected fever adequately when compared to a rectal temperature.