Comparison of Three Methods of Taking Temperatures in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit

Withdrawn before enrolling

Conditions studied: Thermometry

In brief

Preterm infants will have their body temperature measured by three different devices in order to evaluate whether the newest device, a temporal artery scanning thermometer, is accurate for patients in the preterm period.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01012128

Run by

Christiana Care Health Services

People needed

0

Starts

2010-01-01

Expected to finish

2011-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-06

Who can join

Age: any, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• preterm infants corrected to 30-35 weeks gestation
• current incubator set on air control between 28-30 degrees centigrade

You may not qualify if…

• infants <30 and >35 weeks gestation
• infants requiring > 30 degrees centigrade in incubator on air control
• infants currently not in an incubator

Where it is running

• Christiana Hospital — Newark, Delaware, United States

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