When body temperature changes, does rectal temperature lag?

By using temporal artery and rectal thermometers, we followed temperatures in 45 febrile (>38.5°C) infants given an antipyretic drug. Sixty and 90 minutes after drug administration, temporal artery temperatures had decreased significantly more than rectal temperatures. When body arterial temperat...

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Published inThe Journal of pediatrics Vol. 144; no. 6; pp. 824 - 826
Main Authors Greenes, David S., Fleisher, Gary R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.06.2004
Elsevier
Subjects
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic - pharmacology
Biological and medical sciences
Body Temperature - drug effects
Fever - diagnosis
Fever - drug therapy
Fever - physiopathology
General aspects
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Medical sciences
Rectum
Temporal Arteries
Thermometers
TA
Temporal artery
Evaluation
Pediatrics
Decrease
Body temperature
Rectum
Antipyretic
Change
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Summary:By using temporal artery and rectal thermometers, we followed temperatures in 45 febrile (>38.5°C) infants given an antipyretic drug. Sixty and 90 minutes after drug administration, temporal artery temperatures had decreased significantly more than rectal temperatures. When body arterial temperature changes rapidly, changes in rectal temperature may lag.
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ISSN:0022-3476
1097-6833
DOI:10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.02.037