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Retrospective analysis of a quality measurement project examining the quality of vital parameter measurement in consecutive patients >= 75 years presenting to the emergency department.
Primary goal of the study is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of body temperature measurement using different methods to diagnose infection in patients >= 75 years presenting to the emergency department. The secondary goal is to compare the reliability of tympanal and temporal artery thermometry with rectal temperature measurement.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geriatric patients ED | Consecutive patients >= 75 years in the emergency department. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rectal, tympanal and temporal artery thermometry | Other | Temperature measurement was done once in all patients included within the first hour of patients´presentation to the emergency department. Tympanal measurement was carried out by the use of infrared ear thermometry, temporal artery thermometry was done using infrared technology as well. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic accuracy of rectal, tympanal and temporal artery thermometry to diagnose infection | The primary outcome measure is the diagnostic accuracy of rectal, tympanal and temporal artery thermometry to diagnose infection in old patients presenting to the ED | June 2012 |
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Consecutive patients >= 75 years presenting to the emergency department of an urban university-affiliated hospital (80.000 attendees per year).
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Klinikum Nürnberg, emergency department | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 90419 | Germany |
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| ID | Term |
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| D005334 | Fever |
| D007239 | Infections |
| ID | Term |
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| D001832 | Body Temperature Changes |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000285 | Administration, Rectal |
| ID | Term |
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| D058956 | Administration, Mucosal |
| D000287 | Administration, Topical |
| D004333 | Drug Administration Routes |
| D004358 | Drug Therapy |
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| D013812 | Therapeutics |