Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Body temperature is routinely measured as 1 of the 4 “vital signs” and, when elevated, triggers a search for an ...

Oral and rectal temperatures are the most reliable predictors of core body temperature, but measuring these temperatures in children under 4 years of age is often difficult. Currently the rectal ...

First of all, I feel strongly that we should document only accurate data on a patient's medical record. Documenting a questionable value just so that the vital-signs section of the chart can be ...

a) Rectal temperature : is measured by using a rectal thermometer which has rounded, atraumatic bulbous ends. It is inserted carefully, generally about 5 cm in infants and 7 cm in children.

Junior is hot. His little cheeks are fiery red. He is crankier than 3-year-olds usually are. He says his head hurts, his tummy hurts, everything hurts. Your tot is sick, and now you have to take his ...

Flushed skin, a sweaty back and a general feeling of discomfort are all tell-tale signs of an illness. These physical symptoms allude to a raised body temperature, but the only sure way to tell if ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a study guaranteed to make parents a bit less squeamish about taking their children's temperature, ear temperatures obtained with a standard infrared 1-second thermometer were a ...

A low body temperature can occur when you're sick or due to environmental conditions. Here's what you need to know about low body temperature causes and when to worry.

Retrospective medical record review of newborns with perinatal asphyxia transported for hypothermia between July 2007 and June 2010. The aim of our study was to determine whether passive cooling ...

Oh, to be born in 2012. Used to be a fever meant your already unhappy, uncomfortable infant was subjected to a rectal temperature check. Now pharmacy shelves are lined with gadgets that promise an ...