Tympanic temperature asymmetry and stress behavior in rhesus macaques and children

Article Abstract:

Preliminary evidence suggests that rhesus monkeys and young children with significant temperature differences between the right and left ear drum may exhibit abnormal behavior patterns in response to changing environments. Researchers compared right and left ear drum temperatures in 19 two-year-old rhesus monkeys and 16 eight-year-old children and evaluated behavioral surveys completed by the children's parents. They also observed activity levels and measured corticotropin and cortisol levels of the monkeys following 45 minutes of group separation. There was an average difference in ear drum temperature of 0.1 degrees Celsius in the children and 0.5 degrees Celsius in the monkeys. Parents of children with higher temperature differences reported that their children had greater difficulty in adapting to new situations and had more behavioral problems. Monkeys with higher temperature differences displayed more restless behavior and had lower corticotropin and cortisol levels after group separation.

Causes of, Physiological aspects, Stress (Physiology), Tympanic membrane

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Comparison of rectal, axillary, and forehead temperatures

Article Abstract:

An underarm temperature may be adjusted to agree with a rectal temperature, but forehead strips appear to be less reliable. Researchers measured rectal temperatures, underarm temperatures, and forehead temperatures in 120 hospital patients ranging in age from newborn to adults. An electronic thermometer was used for the rectal temperature, electronic and glass thermometers were used for the underarm temperature, and several varieties of strip thermometers were used for the forehead temperature. For infants less than one month old, the rectal temperature equalled the underarm temperature plus 0.2 degrees centigrade for each week of life. For older patients, adding one degree centigrade brought all underarm temperatures within half a degree centigrade of the rectal temperature. However, no reliable conversion factor could be found that would bring all temperatures measured with the forehead strip to within less than one degree of the rectal temperature.

Methods, Medical thermography

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The pacifier thermometer: will it be useful?

Article Abstract:

The pacifier thermometer may be the best alternative to rectal temperature measurement in children. Parents are reluctant to use rectal thermometers, despite their superiority in screening for fever. The pacifier thermometer can be very accurate when the user adds one-half degree to the indicated temperature. Although the package instructions describe this important step in obtaining an accurate rectal-equivalent temperature, some parents may neglect or be unable to perform it. Time spent explaining the pacifier thermometer technique could better be spent advocating rectal thermometry.

Editorial, Usage, Diagnosis, Fever, Medical thermometers

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