scholarly journals Clinical Efficiency of Non-Contact Infrared Thermometer over Axillary Digital Thermometer and Mercury in Glass Thermometer with Paracetamol

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
Lujaw Ratna Tuladhar ◽  
S Shrestha ◽  
N Ghimire ◽  
N Acharya ◽  
ET Tamrakar
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperature ◽  
Medical Instrument ◽  
Lower Body ◽  
Normal Body Temperature ◽  
Infrared Thermometer ◽  
Digital Thermometer ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Normal Body ◽  
Clinical Efficiency ◽  
Lower Body Temperature

Fever is defined as rise in normal body temperature above 98.6°F. Clinical thermometer is a medical instrument for measuring human body temperature. The traditionally used mercury in glass thermometer was replaced by digital thermometer due to mercury toxicity. Non-contact infra-red thermometer is a non-invasive thermometer used for un-cooperative pediatric patients. The objective of this study is to determine the clinical efficiency of non-contact infrared thermometer over axillary digital thermometer and mercury in glass thermometer over a range of body temperature by using paracetamol in febrile patients. This descriptive hospital based cross sectional study was conducted from 5th December 2019 till 23rd August 2020 after ethical approval from Institutional Review Committee of Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital. Mercury in glass thermometer, axillary digital thermometer and non-contact infrared thermometer were used to measure body temperature in febrile patient. Body temperature was re-measured one hour after administration of paracetamol. Data was entered and analyzed with statistical package for social sciences version 16. Axillary digital thermometer has high predictability in the upper body temperature range (in febrile state) but its predictability is low in lower body temperature range (our normal body temperature). Non-contact infrared thermometer in comparison with axillary digital thermometer has lower predictability in both upper and lower body temperature range. Clinical efficiency of non-contact infrared thermometer is less than that of axillary digital thermometer and mercury in glass thermometer in febrile patients.

scholarly journals Effect of exercise training on body temperature in the elderly: a retrospective cohort study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichiro Matsumura ◽  
Toshiji Iwasaka ◽  
Satoshi Mizuno ◽  
Ikuko Mizuno ◽  
Hikaru Hayanami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Retrospective Cohort Study ◽  
Retrospective Cohort ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Lower Body ◽  
Normal Body Temperature ◽  
Normal Body ◽  
Temperature Group

Abstract Background Although rise in body temperature in the elderly has clinical benefits such as activating immune system, little is known regarding the mediator related to the elevation of body temperature. This study evaluated the effect of exercise training on body temperature and clarified the relationship between body temperature and body composition in the elderly. Methods In this retrospective cohort study, a total of 91 elderly participants performed aerobic and anaerobic exercise training twice a week for 2-year. Non-contact infrared thermometer and bioelectrical impedance analysis were performed at baseline and at 2-year. The participants were divided into 2 groups by baseline body temperature of 36.3℃; lower body temperature group (n = 67) and normal body temperature group (n = 24). Results Body temperature rose significantly after exercise training (36.04 ± 0.01 °C to 36.30 ± 0.02 °C, p < 0.0001) in the lower body temperature group, whereas there was no significant difference (36.35 ± 0.02 °C to 36.36 ± 0.03 °C, p = 0.39) in the normal body temperature group. A positive correlation was observed between the amount of change in body temperature and baseline body temperature (r = -0.68, p < 0.0001). Increase in skeletal muscle mass was an independent variable related to the rise in body temperature by the multivariate logistic regression analysis (odds ratio: 4.77, 95% confidence interval: 1.29–17.70, p = 0.02). Conclusions Exercise training raised body temperature in the elderly, especially those with lower baseline body temperature.

scholarly journals Effect of Exercise Training on Body Temperature in the Elderly: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Geriatrics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Koichiro Matsumura ◽  
Toshiji Iwasaka ◽  
Satoshi Mizuno ◽  
Ikuko Mizuno ◽  
Hikaru Hayanami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Retrospective Cohort Study ◽  
Retrospective Cohort ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Lower Body ◽  
Normal Body Temperature ◽  
Normal Body ◽  
Temperature Group

Background: This study evaluated the effect of exercise training on body temperature and clarified the relationship between body temperature and body composition in the elderly. Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, a total of 91 elderly participants performed aerobic and anaerobic exercise training twice a week for 2 years. Non-contact infrared thermometer and bioelectrical impedance analysis were performed at baseline and at 2 years. Results: Mean age of study participants was 81.0 years. The participants were divided into two groups by baseline body temperature of 36.3 °C; lower body temperature group (n = 67) and normal body temperature group (n = 24). Body temperature rose significantly after exercise training in the lower body temperature group (36.04 ± 0.11 °C to 36.30 ± 0.13 °C, p < 0.0001), whereas there was no significant difference in the normal body temperature group (36.35 ± 0.07 °C to 36.36 ± 0.13 °C, p = 0.39). A positive correlation was observed between the amount of change in body temperature and baseline body temperature (r = −0.68, p < 0.0001). Increase in skeletal muscle mass was an independent variable related to the rise in body temperature by the multivariate logistic regression analysis (odds ratio: 4.77, 95% confidence interval: 1.29–17.70, p = 0.02). Conclusions: Exercise training raised body temperature in the elderly, especially those with lower baseline body temperature.

scholarly journals Conjunction between the Ladyfinger Likeness and Human Normal Body Temperature in Fahrenheit

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperature ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Homo Sapiens ◽  
Optimum Temperature ◽  
Body Temperatures ◽  
Normal Body Temperature ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Normal Body

The purpose of this study was to show the conjunction between the ladyfinger likeness and human normal body temperature. Normal body temperature in human is the temperature range in Homo sapiens. Normal body temperature in human ranged as 97.7 to 99.5 ºF. It is balanced by the process of thermoregulation. The optimum temperature in the human is 98.6 ºF which is 37.0 in degrees. Ladyfinger is the vegetable which is used to cook. Ladyfinger also improves the vision quality because in it vitamin A is present. During the project designing, we designed the project related to the linkage of likeness of ladyfinger with the normal body temperature. 131 companions were joined in this project studies to whom we asked about their normal body temperatures. These companions were the undergraduate students of University. We took the thermometer. Then we selected the site at which we wanted to measure the temperature. Students came to us one by one. Firstly one student came to us. We placed the thermometer in the mouth. The readings appeared on the thermometer after few seconds and we calculated the reading and noted down on the page. It is excluded that there is no conjunction between the ladyfinger likeness and human normal body temperature.

Effects of successive carbon monoxide exposures on delayed neuronal death in mice under the maintenance of normal body temperature

1991 ◽  
Vol 179 (2) ◽  
pp. 836-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirohisa Ishimaru ◽  
Toshitaka Nabeshima ◽  
Akira Katoh ◽  
Hirotaka Suzuki ◽  
Taneo Fukuta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Neuronal Death ◽  
Delayed Neuronal Death ◽  
Normal Body Temperature ◽  
Normal Body

scholarly journals Distribution of Pediatric Vital Signs in the Emergency Department: A Nationwide Study

Children ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Woori Bae ◽  
Kyunghoon Kim ◽  
Bongjin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Respiratory Rate ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Reference Ranges ◽  
Normal Body Temperature ◽  
Heart Rates ◽  
Normal Body

To effectively use vital signs as indicators in children, the magnitude of deviation from expected vital sign distribution should be determined. The purpose of this study is to derive age-specific centile charts for the heart rate and respiratory rate of the children who visited the emergency department. This study used the Korea’s National Emergency Department Information System dataset. Patients aged <16 years visiting the emergency department between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2017 were included. Heart rate and respiratory rate centile charts were derived from the population with normal body temperature (36 to <38 °C). Of 1,901,816 data points retrieved from the database, 1,454,372 sets of heart rates and 1,458,791 sets of respiratory rates were used to derive centile charts. Age-specific centile charts and curves of heart rates and respiratory rates showed a decline in heart rate and respiratory rate from birth to early adolescence. There were substantial discrepancies in the reference ranges of Advanced Paediatric Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support guidelines. Age-based heart rate and respiratory rate centile charts at normal body temperature, derived from children visiting emergency departments, serve as new evidence-based data and can be used in follow-up studies to improve clinical care for children.

scholarly journals The Importance of Changes in Body Temperature in Paediatric Surgery and Anaesthesia

1973 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 480-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nerida M. Dilworth
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperature ◽  
Newborn Infant ◽  
Paediatric Anaesthesia ◽  
Considerable Importance ◽  
Accidental Hypothermia ◽  
Paediatric Surgery ◽  
Normal Body Temperature ◽  
Normal Body ◽  
The Subject

An understanding of the maintenance of normal body temperature, and the manner in which surgery, anaesthesia, and related procedures may disturb thermoregulation, is of considerable importance in paediatric anaesthesia. The subject of accidental hypothermia, with particular reference to the newborn infant, is reviewed; and hyperpyrexia is briefly discussed.

Crypsis influences escape decisions in the Round-tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum)

2010 ◽  
Vol 88 (10) ◽  
pp. 1003-1010 ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Cooper, ◽  
Wade C. Sherbrooke
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperature ◽  
Predation Risk ◽  
Upright Posture ◽  
Flight Initiation Distance ◽  
Lower Body ◽  
Running Speed ◽  
Predator Prey ◽  
Sandy Area ◽  
Lower Body Temperature ◽  
Flight Initiation

Flight initiation distance (predator–prey distance when escape begins) increases as predation risk increases. Prey should have longer flight initiation distance when their background, movement, or current posture reduces crypsis. Flight initiation distance of ectotherms may increase at lower body temperature to compensate for slower running speed. However, for cryptic prey, fleeing might increase the probability of being detected. The Round-tailed Horned Lizard ( Phrynosoma modestum Girard, 1852) is eucryptic and resembles small stones. We predicted that flight initiation distance by P. modestum is shorter among stones than on uniform sand. Because movement and upright posture disrupt crypsis, we predicted that flight initiation distance is greater after movement and when standing than when still and lying on the ground. As predicted, flight initiation distances were shorter on a rocky than sandy area, when lying flat than standing, and while immobile than after moving. We measured running speed and flight initiation distance to determine relationships among body temperature, speed, and escape decisions. Running speed and flight initiation distance were reduced at lower body temperature, suggesting that crypsis reinforced by immobility is more advantageous than longer flight initiation distance for cool, slow lizards. The lizards adjusted escape decisions to current effectiveness of crypsis and escape ability.

scholarly journals Range for Normal Body Temperature in Hemodialysis Patients and Its Comparison with That of Healthy Individuals

2010 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. c303-c308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabia Hasan ◽  
Mehreen Adhi ◽  
Syed Faisal Mahmood ◽  
Fatima Noman ◽  
Safia Awan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperature ◽  
Hemodialysis Patients ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Normal Body Temperature ◽  
Normal Body
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