Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Full text attached - pdf file format] Cutaneous Infrared Thermometry for Detecting Febrile Patients
Pierre Hausfater,* Yan Zhao,?? St?phanie Defrenne,* Pascale Bonnet,* and Bruno Riou*
*Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Piti?-Salp?tri?re, Paris, France; ?Universit? Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris; and ?Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan, People?s Republic of China
We assessed the accuracy of cutaneous infrared thermometry, which measures temperature on the forehead, for detecting patients with fever in patients admitted to an emergency department.
Although negative predictive value was excellent (0.99), positive predictive value was low (0.10).
Therefore, we question mass detection of febrile patients by using this method.
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http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/8/pdfs/08-0059.pdf
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Pierre Hausfater,* Yan Zhao,?? St?phanie Defrenne,* Pascale Bonnet,* and Bruno Riou*
*Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Piti?-Salp?tri?re, Paris, France; ?Universit? Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris; and ?Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan, People?s Republic of China
We assessed the accuracy of cutaneous infrared thermometry, which measures temperature on the forehead, for detecting patients with fever in patients admitted to an emergency department.
Although negative predictive value was excellent (0.99), positive predictive value was low (0.10).
Therefore, we question mass detection of febrile patients by using this method.
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http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/8/pdfs/08-0059.pdf
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