Cutaneous Infrared Thermometry for Detecting Febrile Patients
Open Access
- 1 August 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 14 (8), 1255-1258
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1408.080059
Abstract
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.Keywords
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